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| Exemption no. | Issuance details | Applicability | Purpose |
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| Request a copy of OTT-008-2020 | Issued: 2020-09-22 Expiry: 2021-12-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 705.124(2)(b)(ii), (iii) and (iv) (B) Applicant provision(s): Air Canada Rouge Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-008-2020 The purpose of the exemption is to permit Air Canada Rouge to provide an approved modified flight attendant initial training program to flight attendants identified in the application of this exemption. COVID-19 |
| Request a copy of QC-005-2020 | Issued: 2020-09-21 Expiry: 2025-09-08 Region: Quebec Routing: NAH |
CARS provision(s): 302.07 (1)(a)(ii) Applicant provision(s): Aéroport de Montréal - Mirabel Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-005-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Aéroports de Montréal (ADM) to keep its airport certificate at the Montreal-Mirabel International Airport for a Code AGN V precision approach runway, despite the presence of an aircraft-arresting cable system in the Runway 06 safety area. The system is located alongside the runway at 414.5 metres from the thresholds. It includes two cable outlet boxes 4.5 metres from the runway edge and four exhaust pipes 87 metres from the runway centreline. The exhaust pipes are 2.43 metres high. The system enables the airport operator to accommodate Canadian Armed Forces and foreign military fighter aircraft in a safer operational environment. When the system is deployed, civilian aircraft can use a non-precision runway beyond a 915-metre displaced threshold made visible with gable markers, inset threshold lights and runway threshold identification lights (RTILs). |
| Request a copy of NCR-095-2020 | Issued: 2020-09-09 Expiry: 2021-01-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 605.24(2) 705.41(1) 705.75 Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-095-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to allow stakeholders to continue operations in the environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, this exemption will allow Canadian air operators operating under Subpart 5 of Part VII of the CARs to operate its aeroplanes when not all flight attendants are occupying a certified flight attendant station equipped with a shoulder harness or dual upper torso straps. The present exemption grants four additional months to global exemption NCR-050-2020 issued on April 21, 2020, with a validity period until August 31, 2020. |
| Request a copy of NCR-004-2020 | Issued: 2020-09-09 Expiry: 2025-08-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 604.03(1)(b) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-004-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Canadian operators of privately registered ex-military turbine powered aeroplanes (including turbo-jet and turbo-propeller) and their flight crew members not operating pursuant to Part IV or VII of the CARs to operate for the purpose of transporting passengers or goods in operations other than those for which an air operator certificate is required without holding a PORD as required by paragraph 604.03(1)(b) of the CARs. |
| Request a copy of NCR-093-2020 | Issued: 2020-08-31 Expiry: 2021-01-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTJ |
CARS provision(s): 400.03(1) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-093-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to adopt temporary measures in the public interest to reduce the potential of person to person transmission following the declaration of a pandemic outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve and the closing of all non-essential businesses and social distancing measures to contain the spread of coronavirus continue to disrupt the aviation industry, this exemption will allow all licensing applicants who received successful results after completing the Transport Canada written licensing examinations between March 11, 2018 and March 11, 2020 to benefit from an extension of the validity of the written examination results until January 31st, 2020, due to the temporary closure of flight training units. As such, the present exemption grants a 5-month extension to the previously granted extension under NCR-057-2020 to allow the licencing applicants whose written examinations results will expire while flight training units are closed to be able to submit an application for a permit, licence or rating without having to re-write the Transport Canada licensing examinations. |
| Request a copy of NCR-092-2020 | Issued: 2020-08-27 Expiry: 2021-02-26 Region: HQ Routing: AATRM |
CARS provision(s): 403.04 Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-092-2020 Following the declaration of a pandemic outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, the purpose of this exemption is to adopt temporary measures, in the public interest, to allow AMEs who hold an AME licence, with an expiry date between March 1, 2020 and February 26, 2021, to continue exercising the privileges of their licences after the expiration date; thus, reducing the administrative burden associated with the renewal of their licence. |
| Request a copy of NCR-096-2020 | Issued: 2020-08-26 Expiry: 2021-01-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 605.24(2) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-096-2020 "The purpose of this exemption is to allow Canadian private operators to continue operations in the environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, this exemption will allow Canadian private operators operating under Subpart 4 of Part VI of the CARs to operate its aeroplanes when not all flight attendants are occupying a certified flight attendant station equipped with a shoulder harness." |
| Request a copy of OTT-007-2020 | Issued: 2020-08-26 Expiry: 2021-03-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 705.124(2)(b)(iv)c) Applicant provision(s): Air Canada Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-007-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to permit Air Canada to use alternative means to conduct the verification of skills for certain emergency equipment that must be placed on or over the head, including protective breathing equipment during annual training and the erection of a raft canopy during requalification training. This exemption provides temporary measures in the public interest in response to travel restrictions and other impediments that air operators are encountering in the training of flight attendants following the declaration of a pandemic outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. |
| Request a copy of NCR-091-2020 | Issued: 2020-08-18 Expiry: 2021-08-11 Region: HQ Routing: AARTA |
CARS provision(s): 302.417(1)(a) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-091-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Canadian airport operators to continue using the winter contaminant descriptor terminology currently available in NAV CANADA’s SNOWiz reporting system when describing runway surface conditions in an AMSCR. COVID-19 |
| Request a copy of NCR-090-2020 | Issued: 2020-07-31 Expiry: 2021-09-30 Region: HQ Routing: AARTA |
CARS provision(s): 323.14(4)(b), 303.14 Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-090-2020 - Cancels NCR-020-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to allow all Canadian airport operators to extend the period in which recurrent live-fire drill training is to be provided to all fire-fighting personnel from every 12 months to a maximum of 30 months. As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve, this exemption would allow Canadian airport operators whose fire-fighting personnel are required to travel outside of their jurisdiction to the United States of America or other Canadian provinces to complete their required recurrent live-fire training in order to maintain their level of proficiency to defer the requirement by a maximum of 18 months. |
| Request a copy of NCR-006-2020 | Issued: 2020-07-21 Expiry: 2025-07-24 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 602.4 Applicant provision(s): National Research Council Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-006-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to authorize NRC-FRL pilots-in-command to land and take-off in aircraft for the purpose of research flights, research support flight and pilot proficiency flights while using NVIS technologies to prepare flight crews for the above research flights, in areas that do not meet the night lighting requirements for an aerodrome as specified in Part III of the CARs. |
| Request a copy of NCR-087-2020 | Issued: 2020-07-17 Expiry: 2021-01-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTA |
CARS provision(s): 803.01(2) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-087-2020 - Cancels NCR-051-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to adopt temporary measures in the public interest to reduce the regulatory demand on Government and the Air Navigation Service Provider resources in Canada following the declaration of a pandemic outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization on March 11th, 2020. Compliance with the timely initiation of the flight check, required to complete the aforementioned approval process, may not be possible in the current situation due to measures such as mandatory 14-day quarantines for interprovincial travelers imposed by provincial governments to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The purpose of this exemption is to permit NAV CANADA to submit for publication and distribution their instrument flight procedures when all other review and ground validation activities are completed except for the flight check. |
| Request a copy of NCR-060-2020 | Issued: 2020-06-30 Expiry: 2025-06-30 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 703.98(2)c)(i), 704.115(2)(v)(A), 723.98(7), 723.98(8), 724.115(8), 724.115(9) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-060-2020 - Cancels NCR-057-2015 The purpose of this exemption is to authorize helicopter air operators to utilize Level VII FTDs approved by Transport Canada and operated in accordance with the Aeroplane and Rotorcraft Simulator Manual, TP 9685 as part of their approved aircraft type training programs for initial and annual recurrent pilot training. |
| Request a copy of NCR-088-2020 | Issued: 2020-06-29 Expiry: 2021-03-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTJ |
CARS provision(s): 401.12(2) 402.08(2) and (3) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-088-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to adopt temporary measures in the public interest to enable all holders of valid Canadian Aviation Document Booklets to continue operations following the declaration of a pandemic outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. More specifically, this exemption will allow all holders of Canadian Aviation Document Booklets that were still valid on March 12, 2020 to continue exercising the privileges stated in their booklet until March 31, 2021; or beyond if the expiry date affixed in the booklet is later, as the limiting of on-site personnel to critical services will impair the processing and issuance of licences and Aviation Document Booklets prior to their expiration. |
| Request a copy of NCR-040-2020 | Issued: 2020-06-29 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: AARTC |
CARS provision(s): 521.158 (1) Applicant provision(s): Airbus Canada Ltd Partnership (ACLP) Aircraft model: A220-100 Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-040-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to permit ACLP to obtain an approval for a major change to the type design that results in a re-issuance of the type certificate data sheet (TCDS) for the ACLP model BD-500-1A10 (marketing designation “A220-100”), where the amended type design to be approved contains design features that do not comply with the applicable standards of airworthiness for software that performs required flight management functions. The proposed major change would introduce Flight Management System (FMS) software “Build 8A2”, which is intended to replace the currently approved “Build 8A1” both in production and in service. The proposed major change would include an FMS with embedded software whose demonstrated design does not permit a complete showing of compliance to paragraphs 525.1301(a)(1) and (a)(4), 525.1309(a) and (b) of the AWM, as well as paragraphs 4(a) and (c)(2) of SCA 2013-03. In particular, this exemption is intended to provide a relief period until December 15, 2023 from the provisions specified under this exemption to allow ACLP to field an FMS application with safety-related improvements as compared to the presently approved design. |
| Request a copy of ON-001-2020 | Issued: 2020-06-24 Expiry: 2020-10-01 Region: Ontario Routing: PAX |
CARS provision(s): 704.111 (1) Applicant provision(s): Ornge Helicopters - 7506406 Canada Inc. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
ON-001-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to provide 7506406 Canada Inc. with the temporary authority to extend the valid-to date of a Pilot Proficiency Check (PPC) and annual training for a company pilot that has an original (12-month) valid-to date for a PPC and annual training that falls on or between April 1, 2020 and July 1, 2020. In such cases, the valid-to date of the PPC and annual training can be extended until October 1, 2020 to allow for the completion of recurrent training. This exemption provides temporary measures in the public interest in response to travel restrictions, limited access to training facilities, isolation measures, and other impediments that air operators are encountering in the training and checking of flight and cabin crew following the declaration of a pandemic outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. |
| Request a copy of NCR-081-2020 | Issued: 2020-06-24 Expiry: 2020-12-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 702.65(b) c) 703.88(1)c) 705.106(1)c) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-081-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to adopt temporary measures in the public interest to reduce the potential of person to person transmission in Canada following the declaration of a pandemic outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. |
| Request a copy of NCR-083-2020 | Issued: 2020-06-23 Expiry: 2025-06-30 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 602.07(a) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-083-2020 This exemption authorizes a Canadian air operator operating Transport Category Rotorcraft configured with a seating layout excluding pilot seats, of 10 to 19 passengers inclusive, and at gross weights exceeding 20,000 pounds, to exceed the chart derived Category A weight in the approved Rotorcraft Flight Manual (RFM), but not exceeding the maximum certificated gross weight of the rotorcraft, and to make momentary flights through the avoid area of the limiting Height/Velocity envelope during take-off and landing over water. |
| Request a copy of NCR-084-2020 | Issued: 2020-06-23 Expiry: 2020-12-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 604.143(4)(d) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-084-2020 As an alternative means of compliance to paragraph 604.143(4)(d) of the CARs, the purpose of this exemption is to allow operators conducting operations under Subpart 604 of Part VI of the (CARs) to conduct training and checking on their pilots in cases where a person different from the instructor is not available to conduct the PCC. COVID-19 |
| Request a copy of NCR-080-2020 | Issued: 2020-06-19 Expiry: 2020-12-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 604.174 Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-080-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to allow a private operator conducting operations pursuant to Subpart 4 of Part VI of the CARs to substitute the requirements for training and checking to be performed in a flight simulation training device (FSTD) by training and checking in an aeroplane. COVID-19 |
| Request a copy of NCR-079-2020 | Issued: 2020-06-19 Expiry: 2020-12-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 704.108 Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-079-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to allow an air operator conducting operations pursuant to Subpart 4 of Part VII of the CARs to substitute the requirements for training and checking to be performed in a flight simulation training device (FSTD) by training and checking in an aeroplane. COVID-19 |
| Request a copy of NCR-082-2020 | Issued: 2020-06-19 Expiry: 2020-12-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTA |
CARS provision(s): 402.04(1)(b) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-082-2020 Cancels NCR-026-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to adopt temporary measures in the public interest to reduce the regulatory demand on Government and the Air Navigation Service Provider resources in Canada following the declaration of a pandemic outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. The purpose of this exemption is to allow holders of a provisional licence and ratings issued in accordance with subsection 402.06(1) of the CARS with a validity date from March 10, 2020 up to and including September 30, 2020 to continue exercising the privileges of an air traffic control licence until December 31, 2020, at 23:59 (EST). |
| Request a copy of NCR-003-2020 | Issued: 2020-06-18 Expiry: 2024-06-28 Region: HQ Routing: AARTA |
CARS provision(s): 303.08 Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-003-2020 Cancels NCR-035-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow all Canadian airport operators to use the performance specifications set out in provision 9.2.9 b) or c) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Standards and Recommended Practices, Annex 14 – Aerodromes, Volume 1 – Aerodromes Design and Operations instead of using the performance specifications set out in paragraph 323.08(1)(a) of Standard 323 – Aircraft Fire Fighting at Airports and Aerodromes, namely CAN/ULC-S560 or of the CAN/ULC-S563, while a new CAN/ULC-S563 is developed. This exemption allows Canadian airport operators to elect to transition to a fluorine-free foam which is more environmentally friendly and which is currently available on the market and used in other countries. |
| Request a copy of NCR-068-2020 | Issued: 2020-06-18 Expiry: 2025-03-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 703.98(1) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-068-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to standardize the application of minimum training time requirements for Canadian air operators conducting operations under Subpart 3 of Part VII of the CARs when utilizing aeroplane types identified in the "Application" section of this document. This exemption allows these air operators to use those training times specified for Multi-engine aircraft 10-19 passenger seats listed in Table I and Table II of subsection 723.98(27) of Standard 723 - Air Taxi - Aeroplanes of the CASS. |
| Request a copy of NCR-078-2020 | Issued: 2020-06-17 Expiry: 2021-06-30 Region: HQ Routing: AARTA |
CARS provision(s): 402.05 Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-078-2020 Cancels NCR-025-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to adopt temporary measures in the public interest to reduce the potential of person to person transmission in air traffic control units in Canada following the declaration of a pandemic outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11th, 2020. More specifically, the exemption will add 270 days to the validity period of the proficiency checks for all air traffic controllers providing air traffic services under the CARs. |
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