Yes, that is the way it works at Air Canada, from what I can see! At Air Canada, a flight attendant was supposedly bilingual, according to Jazz—which is not subject to the Official Languages Act as Air Canada is. She was telling us that she had passed the exams and that was why she was now assigned to flights between Montreal and Bathurst. So, I guess she must have “self-tested”?
On May 25th, 2010. See this statement in context.