Your licence should never be limited by your English.

No, and you should be careful with anyone who does. I do not put you forward for a test until a full mock assessment says you are ready, and I will tell you honestly if you are not there yet.

For most people, three to five months of two lessons a week plus regular listening practice. It depends far more on the weakest descriptor than on your overall English.

The common ICAO-compliant formats: TEA, ELPAC, RELTA, EALTS and authority-run interviews. Tell me which one your authority accepts and we will train in that format.

Roughly: a listening warm-up on real ATC audio, targeted work on your weakest descriptor, a non-routine scenario in role play, then feedback and homework. Lessons are recorded if you want them to be.

Lessons run on Zoom. I am in London (UTC or UTC+1) and keep early morning, evening and weekend slots for crew on rotation.

Yes. IELTS across all versions, Cambridge exams, business and legal English, interview and CV coaching, and GCSE and A-Level English Literature and History.

You pay, I send the exercise, you record your answers on your phone in one take and send the video back. Within five working days you get a written report with scores against all six descriptors, an estimated rating and the specific things to fix. There is nothing to book and no time zone to work around.

Because a rehearsed answer tells me nothing about how you will perform on the day. The prompts used for assessment are held back and never published. The free practice exercises are a separate set, and you are welcome to work through those beforehand.

Not from a single monologue, and I will not pretend otherwise. The full report includes a transmission with something in it that does not add up, so readback correction and asking for clarification become visible. If you want Interactions marked properly, take the two round option, where the follow-up questions are written from what you actually said.

The report will say so and you will not get an estimated rating. Recordings must be one take with the camera on and your face visible, started within a minute of opening the prompt. This is not about trust. A scripted answer simply cannot be marked for Fluency or Interactions.

Five working days as standard, and most come back sooner. If your test is close, priority turnaround puts you at the front of the queue for a report inside 48 hours, for £19 on top. Tell me your test date before you pay if it is inside a week, so I can say honestly whether I can help.

Full refund in both cases, no argument. There is no satisfaction guarantee on a report that has already been written, because an honest low rating is still the thing you paid for.

Bank transfer or an invoice for company-funded training. Written speaking reports are paid up front, before the exercise is sent. Packages are paid up front; single lessons before the lesson. Cancel or move a lesson with 24 hours notice at no charge.

It is the licence check on your radiotelephony English. It does not measure general English: it rates six skills - pronunciation, structure, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension and interactions - against the ICAO rating scale, and your overall level is the lowest of the six. Pilots and controllers working international operations need Level 4 as a minimum.

Level 4 is operational: you cope with routine work and can usually clear up a misunderstanding. Level 5 is extended: unexpected turns in a conversation cost you far less effort. Level 6 is expert, near enough native command. Level 4 and 5 have to be revalidated, typically every three and six years, while Level 6 is normally granted for good. Your authority sets the exact intervals, so check what applies to your licence.

Most formats run for roughly twenty to forty minutes. Expect an interview about your operational background, listening tasks, description of a picture or situation, and a non-routine scenario where you have to talk your way through a problem without standard phraseology. Some formats are run with an examiner in person or online; others include computer-based listening sections.

Yes. Level 6 is not a test of accent and you are not being asked to sound British or American. It rewards range, precision and the ability to keep going when a situation stops being routine. It takes longer than Level 4 or 5 and it is not the right target for everyone, but it is reachable, and I will tell you honestly whether it is realistic for you.

A general course builds broad English. This builds the specific thing you are rated on: plain English that works alongside standard phraseology when something goes wrong. The material is real ATC audio, incident reports and role plays from the flight deck and the tower, not textbook dialogues about holidays and hobbies.

It depends on where you are starting and how often you can work. As a rough guide, a solid Level 3 aiming at Level 4 usually needs a couple of months; Level 4 to Level 5 more like three to five; Level 6 longer again. A mock assessment in the first week or two will give you a far better estimate than any average.

Below Level 4 you cannot exercise your radiotelephony privileges internationally until you retake and pass, so the licence is effectively on hold. There is no limit on retakes, but sitting the test again without changing anything rarely helps. We would go through the examiner feedback, work out which of the six descriptors pulled the score down, and target that.