Target: ICAO 6
~ 25 min
7 questions
Result by email
Practice — not official
ICAO 5-6 Mastery — Non-Routine & Emergency
Pushing for Level 6 or sitting an upgrade exam? Linguistic surprises, paraphrasing under stress, and abnormal-procedure interaction with ATC.
A high-band exam that tests what separates Level 5 from Level 6 — the ability to handle unexpected vocabulary, paraphrase precisely, and stay graceful through abnormal events. ~25 minutes.
// WHAT YOU'LL DO
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Cabin smoke — the controller asks you to clarifyYou declared PAN PAN with smoke in the cabin two minutes ago. The controller has come back to you.
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Paraphrasing when standard phraseology runs outMid-flight, a passenger has a suspected stroke. You divert to the nearest suitable airport. The handling agent on the company frequency asks if you need a wheelchair or a stretcher.
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Non-native controller, weak signalYou're now talking to a sector with a heavy accent and the readability is degraded. Listen carefully.
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Building a complex transmissionYou are about to update your dispatch on the company frequency about a suspected fuel leak that you've stabilised.
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Describe the pictureDescribe the situation on this flight deck: the lighting and the visibility, what the crew has just done, what the displays and the view ahead tell you, and the threats of a night taxi-in at the end of a long flight. Say what the crew should do to stay safe. Press Record and speak for about one minute. You can listen back and record again before you submit.
// BRIEFING
You are captain of Brightwater 01 (call-sign Brightwater zero one), an Airbus A350 en-route at FL380 over the eastern Mediterranean.
You will be tested on three abnormal situations. There is no 'safe' standard-phraseology answer to every question — sometimes the right answer is the one that paraphrases clearly when ICAO phraseology runs out.
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