Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM) has temporarily suspended 10 air traffic controllers for their weak English skills.
Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation has temporarily suspended 10 air traffic controllers for their weak English skills
These staff members will be retrained, but if they still fail to meet the requirements for English, they will be dismissed.
From April to August, 2014, the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) held three tests to assess the English skills of air controllers. The results showed that 31% fail to meet International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)’s standards.
After the assessment, VATM held English training courses for the controllers who failed the test. After the courses, 10 people still could not pass the test and were suspended. They will have one more chance with a second round of training courses.
In December, VATM will continue retrain and reassess the English capacity of air traffic controllers to classify staff. This will affect pay scale and labour contracts.
Also in December, VATM will take measures to comprehensively reform its training system, focusing on improving English skills for air traffic controllers. The target for 2015 is that all staff will meet requirements for English skills and professionalism.
