The article is devoted to the flight safety on the international airlines. ICAO Assembly has signed Resolution А 32-16, relating to the role of language factor in aviation incidents and accidents. The professional (foreign language) communicative competence of air traffic controllers is defined, especially its development. This kind of professional competence is the union of professional and special foreign language communicative knowledge, skills and habits and the ability of their usage in the process of professional interaction during radiotelephony with aircraft crews on the international airlines in the conditions of any types of professional interaction and activity.In this work the cognitive system, cognition term itself and the cognitive component of the professional (foreign language) communicative competence of air traffic controllers are described.Cognitive system is a component of human consciousness and its general human cognition; it is a multilevel system, providing the realization of all central neural system cognitive functions. The main characteristics of cognitive system are: expressiveness, effectiveness, algorithmic, comprehensibility and adaptation.Cognition is a term, defining the ability to mental perception and processing of external information In psychology this term is relating to mental personality processes, especially learning of so called ‘mental states’ (convictions, wishes and intentions) in terms of information processing. This term is especially often used in the context of “context knowledge” learning and in the spheres, which include knowledge, skills or learning.The cognitive component elements and parts, taking into account self-regulation, were described, relating aviation sphere and professional (foreign language) communicative competence of air traffic controllers.The cognitive component is a presence of the necessary minimum of foreign language knowledge, cognizance of the rational ways of communicative work with the operational information and information systems. Moreover, knowledge is understood as a general human experience, the reflection of reality in human consciousness. The radiotelephony culture cognitive component indicators are: the presence of required minimum of technological knowledge, creative activity means cognizance; the learners’ educational activity.Moreover, it was paid attention to the fact that the peculiarities of cognitive component functioning are dependent on the demands of ICAO Docs №9432 and №9835.

Стаття присвячена безпеці польотів на міжнародних повітряних трасах. Розглядається професійна іншомовна комунікативна компетентність диспетчерів управління повітряним рухом, особливо її розвиток. У цій роботі описується когнітивна система, саме поняття когнітивності, а також когнітивних компонент розвитку професійна іншомовна комунікативна компетентність диспетчерів управління повітряним рухом. Описані складові та елементи когнітивного компоненту стосовно авіаційної сфери, враховуючи саморегуляцію та відносно професійної іншомовної комунікативної компетентності диспетчерів управління повітряним рухом. При цьому зроблений наголос на те, що особливості функціонування когнітивного компоненту підпорядковуються вимогам документам Міжнародної організації цивільної авіації (ICAO) №9432 та №9835.