Oxford English for Aviation Book for students

English for Logistics has been developed specifically for people who work in the logistics industry and who need English to communicate in a variety of situations with colleagues, clients, and business partners. It supplies you with the target vocabulary and commonly used expressions that are essential to communication whether you work for a shipping agent, a customs broker, or a freight forwarder.

English for Logistics covers a range of subjects associated with the logistics industry. Learners in management-level positions will find their needs catered for, just as much as those in warehousing or administration. Units from the book work independently and can be selected according to the needs and interests of the course participants. English for Logistics is also ideal for self-study.

Each unit begins with a Starter, which consists of a short exercise or a quiz and serves as an introduction to the topic of the unit. Practical exercises, listening extracts, industry-specific texts as well as photos and illustrations help you to acquire key
vocabulary and expressions. Realistic role-plays give you the opportunity to put all you have learned into practice. Each unit closes with an Output activity, an article related to the topic of the unit followed by questions for reflection and discussion. Finally the book finishes up with a fun quiz to Test yourself! on some of the facts and figures discussed over the previous eight units.
The MultiROM contains all the Listening extracts from the book. These can be played through the audio player on your computer, or through a conventional CD player. In order to give yourself extra listening practice, listen to it in your car. The Interactive exercises let you review your learning by doing Useful phrases, Vocabulary, and Communication exercises on your computer. This will be particularly valuable if you are using the book for self-study.

In the appendix of English forLogisticsyou will find the Partner Files for the role-plays and the Answer key so that you can check your own answers if you are working alone. There are also Transcripts of the listening extracts, an A-Z word list, and a list of Usefulphrases and vocabulary. Finally, we have included a Glossary of acronyms and abbreviations and a Weights and measures conversion chart; these can be used as handy references at work.
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10. SAFETY SENSE

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phraseology but tied to assist

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Situation 1
‘Ata foreign airport ou are the plat o a passenger
Jet waiting to take off from runway 09. You are
number two to depart An inbound A320 lands on

runway 09 and aircraft number one ahead of you

(departs. All communications betwoon the pilots and
[ATC are in the local language. You believe you heard
wind shear and high wind speeds mentioned. You are
now cleared, in English, t lin up and takeoff. ATC
de not mention wind shear.

Situation 2
You are an approach controler in a busy airport. An incoming English-speaking plot
has requested a priority landing for a heavy aircraft. He has repeated the request but
you sil cannot understand the reason,

Situation 3
You are the pilot ofa passenger aircraft approaching.
runway 18. You wore cleared for LS approach and had
instructions to continue. You made calls at the outer
‘marker and 2 nautical miles but received no reply. You
are now at 500 feet and see aight alrraft inthe one
clock poston atthe same ave, passing right to ef
Yu have heard communications in the local language.

Situation 4
You are an approach controler and have twice issued instructions to an approaching
18757 but have had no response, The plan i at th outer markor and appears tobe on
course for landing as instructed,

ar into]

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21. My first long-haul flight was cancelled

Aismyina

The captain had just started up
nto the fight deck fora minute
as | opened the door, al the

ft. Nobody id any

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Should + haveto + don't have to + are allowed to

How listen again nd check your AUS

26. LO wich import verd tree these sentences

wth a partner to practise instructions.

27. = FT

Destribe the weather conditions at your ou interfatioha airport In Jünd ahd it December.

+ deicing + malfunction + mechanical problem:
failure + engine stall and surge + jammed door
ing stuck in the mud + colisions = sick passengers + sick plot + flash A

wavy snowfall « poor visibility + engine on fire = poicelcustoms control

29. Tell pilot to proceed to hold

prepare for departure
Tell pilot there i a problem.
Say problem over, pr

Tel plot to line up and hold

| Tel him he is cleared fo

of sight ro
onto (ATC) an the et een
ofthe una, the Mien ere

Notes
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The co-pilot ste

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Tor departure

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The aera was 9 to

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Pilot Fight IBE 324

Iberia 324, proceed to
holding point Lima and

onfim. | prepare for departure.

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to holding point Lima

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Sait far end bu, as they were no

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31. A Ba a ne an nn

3 ton andes Yoo rre MIA oz eat. |
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36. declared a pan and decided to retur
werein the hold wer e
unt we had burned enough felt,

fe landing w ck

ibration tart

one fight deck. When
plane an foam:
‘ter braking, the

the immediate danger was o was obvious. was badly ripped. ft

re debris was found
umber one engine. ad caused severe

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laser + parach + training + balloon + dem

play + fight + jumping + gliding * dumping + until

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complete the,

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visibly bel eve ne ost f

42. I an arcraf suffers engine falure on take-off Jim more slowly than

indicate unlawul interference of the aircrat such as a hijack

An overtght or clearance refusal is inconvenient but
a will probably b wäldefnitey +6 isunikelyto
‘tera sudden ss of pressursation tato the crew ___ descend to lower

‘Anaireaft landing heavy _land more slaw than normal
a defniteywent PSiketo © vil finite

Ian era has a problem with the landing gear on approach it __ go around
a is eo sunlkelyto—_¢ probably wort

An aborted take-off at high speed _ increase the temperature ofthe brake
and might cause a fre
a vil probably > might € wi defintely

Ita crew are suffering rom hypoxia they _ read back instructions incorrectly,

«cal problems such as nose bleeds and Durst ear dums___ occur after
a areunikelyto — bwildefmiiey € will robably

44. Babi

Ff enc

A 1 ==,

Flying Lesson Takes Unexpected
Matt Lewis was overjoyed when he took ofTina | the lesson, McLean flung himself backward
light plane for his fist ying lesson, Ho n his seat and then Slumped forward onto the
the Might tured out to be more evetful than | control. though it was par of th or
expected naybeajoke.Iihoughthe wantediosee what'd
The Might began smoothly. Te instructor, | do if really halt My the plane” Lewis pulled
lan MeLean, took the contol fordeparune. and | Mel can off he control and continued straight
ater acknowledging ATC instructions, handed | ahead. "When ATCcameontheradiotoask why
surprised when MeLean started o
test his new students flying skills so carl i

TC that McLean had passed out dough bringing the pl
tadent pilot on bis first flight. ATC assigned MeLean sn
insnucor. Nico Gamalev, was alongside Lew Jared ha I
nanotherareraft.Togeiher,iheytumedbaekto his next Mying
thesvfield, and the new instructor talked Lewis MrGamal

e screen OM RO answer ques

Incapactaion of the Bight crew will hire an autom landing on suitably equipped

Aight deck have sparked cion.

Faute

aircraft However, on passenger arraf locked cockpit doors which can only e opened from the.

46. [Read the plot-to-passenger announcements, Grade them according tó your prefer

asta fete worst) Gl leas for your Be and comparé them with a partner

there. Captain here. in fact we're getting
‘the sort of day | ke. love the food here,
Right, hey. We see you on the

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51. f Were any of the words dificult to understand?

With'a partner, ake turns reading the FISbröade:

Information Rom à 2, 8000 scattered, visibly 1 Klometes, temperature 44,
wind 310, 8 knots, altimeter 30.00, expect ILS or visual to runway 24 and 33, adv

on intial contact you have information Romeo,

a clear July day er
spotted an Ar India fight with 409 pas final approach
But something didn't the
plane was a halt mie #

heck gear down, gear
«Roger got Nice timing 45.

The plane landed safel

reasons faramissed

52. Would you organi or.
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53. Advice from the CAA of the United Kingdom

Correct standard phraseology is REMEMBER
extremely important and must be Ityouare in any doubt about a
used whenever possible. itien’t transmission, or do not receive
used, the results can be devastating, nn
Uno correct wording. Make urgent
Preciso phraseology is there fora instructions sound urgent.
he aera was at 2400 feet. The controller
zero cleared for approach. The pilot thought
the instruction was Descend to four zero maintain sate separation ATC told the
zero and rep OK, fourzero 2 7 to Head one hundred degrees and climb

Aninbound Albus 320 was descendirgto
moin 6000 feet 5

The controler id not notice the er

sere arta een o cooly tag ovl 100

[ATC saw the 757 clmb above fight lve 20
aa He told the piot to stay at FL 80 and the pil
Inthe UK, climb and descent instructions 2 were cleared climb one zero zero,
always use the words fight level, lıtuce lid the 757 to stop cli
orheght told the A32010 stop des

Descendto FL 100.

action othe
responded slowly andthe A320 reached
fight level 93 before stopped descerdin

Say Climb Might eve. ot

pie

The pit read back Re-cleared to two

ask or, any read-back rom te plo, REMEMBER

In adeton, the ONH was setincomecty. so nn
when the altimeter indicate 2000 feet, he

plane was actual at 1800 eet. The pane
‘Crashed into a mountainside, only 100 feet

a fh Satan
ge nee Ln

54. Fright 402
A. Nabe

Plot

Foxtrot 312 Heavy
Foot
isthe our

Outer marker,
Conte approach | fon
orrumay 258 de 1 time Fe cel
adusedtnetieh 1 ack. Any news

itenstylghtsare |] ATC. Standby. Foro! 31204

on Plot Request version

10 fina weave

Cleared to and Tine inter

wid 230 124008 Cee

Cleared to land, you

nd 230 12 not Teed to know wh

Tel them ot gon up ere, Were al

down height Fanning sto! patience and

rear too ne a

bre. Fontrot312, id you

Too bet conf request diversion to

Er afirma Colorado Springs?

ease onthe ground

co. € pease 312

land 10 Fontrot 312, descend
to aude 60 wind
degrees 14 knots

Colorado Spring
by Font 312

55. iriner Bel Flos on Blenheim Landing

fines fight wes on Frida dlayedin landing after the emergency communication
ystem and al the landing lights atthe afield failed, according to sources close to the

uy reported this paper, there were in incidents inthe last three month
idded ff wet runways after landing at various airports

The plot dd an night shutdown ofthe lefthand engine and landed the almostnes

without incident. The arraft has the capabit of fing with one engine. It
xperenced captain and crew onboard. There was a fut found and he followed pro
and went to the rearest international apor

FR

56. Dumont has rumvay of ust 1,323 metres so plo ed o under
risation atthe airport to ensure hat they put the acraft dom precisely atthe
right speed to stop within the published figure

AS reported ear craft was not config landing gear was up and the
taps, normally down

in the newspaper? Do you think newspapers

Withee talk about things that the people Have
‘ed, we usialy use soi tht or says that and th

simple pat te
paper sele! he lago

58. CEST

59. PiLor TS TRAGEDY

ona foam-covered runway. The plo sul landed

the plane, which had jammed landing gear, a reduced speed onto the foum and although

Ten Feer Too Hich

the runway, no one was injured. Al he rescue

63. 3 Whoa! Looks like we got an incursion coming up!
Who does he think he is
a en

64. AR and vacated the runway onto the
rapid exit taxiway KC which is 46
metres wide, The weather conditions
were clar i was 50 minutes before
suns andhus it was dark

The captain brought the aircraft
10 a stop at the frst junction along the
rapid exit taxiway, the intersection
instructions. The tower sid, Proce
via taxiway C hold at.

The captain taxied ahead and at the next junction, where he was expecting to tum right
Che saw a sign board o hi igh indicating taxiway A ahead. There are five paved surfaces
which intersect a his junco; they’ are, in anilockwise direction from the runway exit KC, B
23m wide), C (23m wide) KC and B (se plan blow),

The captain knew the airport and knew taxiway A was beyond taxiway C. Confuse by the sign
boar and thinking hate hod somehow passed taxiway C,headvsedhisco-piltthathehad mised
the taxiway nd turned hard ight to get back to where he vas, While he was tuning ATC
issued farther tex instructions which the co-pilot needed to write down taking his atention awa
from monitoring the ira postion. The capa in turing sharply thought he ad cleared the
dec ofthe paved area with the nose gear by about 2 metres and believing the aircraft was safely

ATC now avid that he had taken a wrong tum onto taxiway B, so the captain brought the
realized tht the airraft was stuck he lft main gear ad sunk into the edge of the grass between

fermet

TRE uns BOIRE LS

66. Ming sath AF

Smmuhication the key 1 safely even getting to he gate Do you dre cf dagred with
initiate or at RY sation

67. lich ui aot of Wards with groups of consonänis thal sometimes form difficult soude,

Undertine then iss that Yiu hag in Sere 8.

SHUT DOWN, TURN AROUND

Theendofa fightoften isnt the endo! he working day for an airplane. Many planes make four or five
trips a day, wih an hour onthe ground between fights. During this hour, the passengers disembark,
their luggage is unloaded, the aircraft is cleaned, refueled, supplied with n-ight meals, and then

| re

ppens if you reduce a one-hour turnaround to 40 minutes? The plane may be able to make

ven fig ina day. That, of course, means more Income forthe atin,

Does this mean forcing ground staf to work more quickly? Not necessary. Research shows that
the most ime can be gained ork lt might seem obvious that loading a
plane from back to fro study by Booing found that loading,
‘rom window o ale significant reduced boarding time ard made turnaround quicker. Now many
airlines have adopted this practice, and tumaround times are on the decease,
ced tumaround times can cause problems, however. S ys erly inthe day can make a
is o fights run ate, And ofcourse quicker turnaround means more traffic and therefore

tits:

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68. OUTPUT.

rss and read tha opinions. Then answerthequesllans,

Mbe future of flight

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71. Partner Files |

97. English for
Aviation

EXPRESS SERIES Ml

English for Aviation is part of the EXPRESS SERIES. It has been
designed to help students reach ICAO Operational Level 4. Itcan be

used to supplement a regular coursebook, on its own, as a stand-alone
intensive specialist course, or for self-study. English for Aviation will

help pilots and air traffic controllers with standard phraseology as well as
improve plain English in the skils areas specified by ICAO.

Key Features of the Book

+ Anintroductory unit on air communications and a closing unit on
‘end-of flight ground movements

a. Units in sequence from pre-ight via en-route events to landing,

+ Activities to practise the ICAO skills areas of pronunciation,
structure, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and interactions

+ Partner files for role-plays

+ Audio transcripts

Key Features of the Audio CD

+ A complete range of authentic radio telephony extracts,
+ Amix of native and non-native speaker accents

Key Features of the CD ROM

+ Interactive exercises to practise structure, vocabulary, and listening,
comprehension
+ A-Zword list

For ICAO compliancy practice test

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