Abstract
The paper examines the current normative-legal base with a view to identify how it satisfies modern requirements for the foreign language competence of civil pilots and air traffic controllers. The article describes a competence-based model of a university graduate of the “Aeronavigation” speciality and analyses the current Russian and international legal acts regulating airmen’s professional activity. Scientific originality of the study lies in the fact that the author reveals discrepancies between requirements of the Federal State Educational Standards and targeted outcomes of the “Aviation English” basic educational program, identifies discrepancies with the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) Language Proficiency Rating Scale. The research findings are as follows: the author provides recommendations on how to eliminate these contradictions emphasizing absence of a normative base to form a list of professional competences.
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