The Proficiency Test in English Language for Air Traffic Controllers (PELA Test) was developed in recognition of the need for (student) air traffic controllers to demonstrate proficiency in English when standard International Civil Aviation Orgamzation (ICAO) Radiotelephony (R/T) phraseology proves inadéquate for effective aeronautical communication Completed in 1994, the PELA Test underwent a penod of evaluation m 1995-97 with almost three hundred student controllers from six States This edition descnbes the changes made to the PELA Test ansing from comments made by the first User Group Meeting in February 2001.
The PELA Test is fully compatible with the requirements of ICAO’s Language Proficiency Standard - Level 4, Operational (detailed in the Guidelme to Annex 1, ‘Personnel Licensmg’ [2004])