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| Exemption no. | Issuance details | Applicability | Purpose |
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| 184-2006 | Issued: 2007-01-10 Expiry: 2007-05-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARX |
CARS provision(s): 704.01 ( c) Applicant provision(s): Triumph Airways Ltd. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
This authorization will allow Triumph Airways Ltd. to operate its leased Douglas DC3-C-BT67 aeroplane, bearing U.S. registration number N40386 and serial number (43-48859) 26120 under Subpart 4 of Part VII of the CARs, notwithstanding that the maximum certified takeoff weight of the aircraft exceeds the 8 618 kg (19,000 pounds) limit imposed by paragraph 704.01(a) of the CARs. |
| 179-2006 | Issued: 2007-01-09 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: AARP |
CARS provision(s): 804.01 ( c ) Applicant provision(s): Persons who provide automated aviation weather Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this exemption is to permit persons to provide aviation weather services consisting of automated observation and reporting of any or all of the following: wind direction, speed and character; visibility; present weather; sky condition; temperature; dewpoint temperature or atmospheric pressure. These services, when provided by automated observation and reporting, are not provided in accordance with the existing standards in the Manual of Surface Weather Observation. |
| 188-2006 | Issued: 2006-12-29 Expiry: 2008-07-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARX |
CARS provision(s): 803.02 Applicant provision(s): Naverus, Inc. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this exemption is to allow Naverus, Inc., to publish or submit for publishing, in the Canada Air Pilot, an instrument procedure for "Westjet Use Only" that has been developed in accordance with the instrument procedure criteria set out in the Naverus, Inc. Criteria for Required Navigation Performance (RNP) Instrument Procedure Construction for the procedures specified below, in addition to any applicable criteria set out in the Criteria for the Development of Instrument Procedures (TP 308). |
| 001-2007 | Issued: 2006-12-22 Expiry: 2007-12-31 Region: PNR Routing: RA |
CARS provision(s): 700.15(2)(b) and 720.16(1) Applicant provision(s): Kenn Borek Air Ltd Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
001-2007 expired The purpose of this exemption is to allow Kenn Borek Air Ltd. DHC6 aircraft operating in Resolute Bay, with minimum schedule service frequency, (summer only - 2 flights per week) to operate with the same flight and duty times that would apply were the aircraft used solely in a non-scheduled service. |
| 144-2006 | Issued: 2006-12-12 Expiry: 2008-06-12 Region: PNR Routing: SA |
CARS provision(s): 602.13(1),602.29(1)c),602.29(2)b);601.08 Applicant provision(s): Alberta hang Gliding & Paragliding Assoc Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this exemption is to allow Alberta Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association and all students undergoing Ab-Inito training with the association:to take off and land within the built up area of the city of Calgary, Alberta;to operate in the Calgary Terminal Control area without Transponder equipment; and to conduct student dual and solo training flight within Class C airspace in the vicinity of Calgary International Airport without obtaining an air traffic control clearance. |
| 065-2007 | Issued: 2006-12-08 Expiry: 2007-01-02 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): 602.14 (2) a) (i) Applicant provision(s): JOHNNY MAY’s AIR CHARTERS (2002) Inc., Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this exemption is to allow JOHNNY MAY’s AIR CHARTERS and the following flight crew member to operate an aeroplane over an open-air assembly of persons at an altitude less than 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle located within a horizontal distance of 2,000 feet from the aeroplane. |
| 026-2007 | Issued: 2006-12-07 Expiry: 2008-06-07 Region: Atlantic Routing: MA |
CARS provision(s): 705.24(1)(a);705.34(3)(b) Applicant provision(s): Labrador Airways Limited Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
Paragraph 705.34(1)(a) of the CARs prohibits the conduct of a take-off in a twin-engined aircraft in IMC where weather conditions are at or above the take-off minima, but below the landing minima, for the runway to be used, unless an alternate aerodrome is specified in the operational flight plan and that aerodrome is located within the distance that can be flown in 60 minutes at the one-engine-inoperative cruise speed. Paragraph 705.34(3)(b) of the CARs permits a person to conduct a take-off in an aircraft in IMC where weather conditions are below the take-off minima specified in the instrument approach procedure, if the person is authorized to do so in an air operator certificate and the person complies with the CASS. The purpose of this exemption is to allow the air operator, Labrador Airways Limited, to depart from St. John’s Newfoundland using the Deer Lake, Newfoundland or the Stephenville, Newfoundland airports as takeoff alternates, when the weather at the Gander, Newfoundland airport is not suitable for it to be used as a take-off alternate, without having to meet the requirements of paragraphs 705.34(1)(a) or 705.34(3)(b) of the CARs and subparagraph 725.34(1)(b) or subparagraph 725.34(2)(b)(i) of the CASS, in accordance with the application, below. |
| 075-2006 | Issued: 2006-12-01 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: AARX |
CARS provision(s): 700.03 and 700.04(3)(b) Applicant provision(s): person who is a citizen of the U.S. or Mexico Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this exemption is to allow air operators who are eligible to operate a SAS in Canada under the NAFTA to conduct aerial work in Canada under the authority of a Foreign Air Operator Certificate - Free Trade Agreement (FAOC-FTA) rather than an authorization or air operator certificate as required by section 700.03 of the CARs. Canada, the United Mexican States and the United States of America ratified the NAFTA on January 1, 1994. The intent of the agreement, among other things, is to promote cross-border trade of SAS amongst the signatories of the Agreement. "Specialty Air Services" is defined in Article 1213 of the NAFTA to include aerial mapping, aerial surveying, aerial photography, forest fire management, fire fighting, aerial advertising, glider towing, parachute jumping, aerial construction, heli-logging, aerial sightseeing, flight training, aerial inspection and surveillance, and aerial spraying services and to exclude air carrier transportation. Government officials from the three countries established the Trinational Specialty Air Services Steering Committee and Working Groups to discuss standards and regulations pertaining to SAS with a view to commencing an implementation process whereby SAS operations could be facilitated. The Trinational Specialty Air Services Steering Committee and Working Groups adopted an agreement as to equivalent level of safety shared by all parties and designed new standards and procedures which are found in the NAFTA SAS, Phase II Report. |
| 149-2006 | Issued: 2006-12-01 Expiry: 2008-03-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARX |
CARS provision(s): 571.07 Applicant provision(s): Persons installing parts Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this exemption is to relieve persons installing FAA PMA parts on a Canadian registered aircraft or on an aeronautical product intended for installation on a Canadian registered aircraft from the restrictions set out in paragraphs 571.07 (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) (Installation of New parts) of the Aircraft Maintenance Requirements Standard (571) which pertain to the eligibility of FAA PMA part installation on Canadian registered aircraft. The effect of the exemption is to provide installers of parts on Canadian registered aircraft or other aeronautical products intended for installation on a Canadian registered aircraft, with additional acceptable sources of supply of parts. |
| 077-2006 | Issued: 2006-11-28 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: AARX |
CARS provision(s): 700.04(3)(a) Applicant provision(s): Person who is citizen of Chile Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this exemption is to allow Chilean air operators who are eligible to operate a SAS in Canada under the CCFTA to obtain an air operator certificate to conduct aerial work in Canada without having to be a citizen, permanent resident, or corporation of the United States of America or Mexico, or a signatory of the NAFTA. The CCFTA was ratified by Canada and Chile on June 1, 1997. The intent of the agreement, among other things, is to promote cross-border trade of SAS amongst the signatories of the Agreement. “Specialty Air Services” is defined in Article H-12 of the CCFTA to mean aerial mapping, aerial surveying, aerial photography, forest fire management, fire fighting, aerial advertising, glider towing, parachute jumping, aerial construction, heli-logging, aerial sightseeing, flight training, aerial inspection and surveillance, and aerial spraying services. (Please see Appendix A to this exemption). |
| 150-2006 | Issued: 2006-11-27 Expiry: 2008-04-30 Region: HQ Routing: AARX |
CARS provision(s): 605.33(2) Applicant provision(s): Canadian air operators Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
Where aircraft are being operated using the single-pilot Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) authority of Section 703.86 of the CARs, the situation arises where the required auto-pilot becomes unserviceable and the aircraft then requires two pilots and hence, a CVR. The purpose of this exemption is to allow Canadian air operators and flight crew members who operate multi engined, turbined-powered aircraft under the single-pilot IFR authority Section 703.86 of the CARs to continue to operate for a maximum period of 90 days without a CVR following the failure of the auto-pilot. |
| 132-2006 | Issued: 2006-11-27 Expiry: 2008-05-30 Region: HQ Routing: AARX |
CARS provision(s): 602.07(a) Applicant provision(s): Canadian air operators Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this exemption is to permit Canadian air operators to operate Transport Category helicopters certificated under Subpart 529 of the CARs, to operate at gross weights exceeding 20,000 pounds, carrying between 10 and 19 passengers, at weights that may exceed the Category A weights, described in the Approved Rotorcraft Flight Manual but not exceeding the maximum certificated gross weight, and to make momentary excursions into the shaded area of the Height Velocity diagram, also described in the Approved Rotorcraft Flight Manual, during take-off and landing. |
| 063-2007 | Issued: 2006-11-24 Expiry: 2007-05-26 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): 507.07 Applicant provision(s): Canadian National Railway Company Inc., Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this exemption is to allow Canadian National Railway Company Inc. to operate a Gulfstream Model G IV Aircraft, Registration C-FCNR, Serial Number 1065, pending the validation of different FAA approved modifications embedded on the aircraft while on FAA registry and the total compliance to the Canadian Type Certificate A 129, issue 6, requiring installation of ASC 31 for the Canadian configuration. |
| 027-2007 | Issued: 2006-11-24 Expiry: 2008-06-01 Region: Atlantic Routing: MA |
CARS provision(s): 602.128(1),704.36, 700.11 Applicant provision(s): Cougar Helicopters Inc., Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
Subsection 602.128(1) of the CARs, which comes into force on December 1, 2006, states that no pilot-in-command of an IFR aircraft shall conduct an instrument approach procedure except in accordance with the minima specified in the Canada Air Pilot or the route and approach inventory. The normal minimum RVR requirement is 1200 feet RVR. Subsection 704.36(1) of the CARs, which comes into force on December 1, 2006, states that no person shall conduct a CAT II or CAT III precision approach unless the air operator is authorized to do so in its air operator certificate and the approach is conducted in accordance with the Manual of All Weather Operations (Categories II and III). Section 700.11 of the CARs states that no pilot in command of an IFR aircraft operated under this Part who is conducting a CAT II or CAT III precision approach shall continue the approach beyond the FAF inbound or, where there is no FAF, the point where the final approach course is intercepted, unless the RVR is equal to or greater than the minimum RVR specified in the Canada Air Pilot in respect of the runway or surface of intended approach for the instrument approach procedure conducted. The purpose of this exemption is to allow Cougar Helicopters Inc. pilots-in-command of the Eurocopter S332 and Sikorsky SK92 helicopter types to conduct Category II Instrument Landing System (ILS) approaches that are published in the Canada Air Pilot, when the reported visibility is at least Runway Visual Range (RVR”A”) of 600 feet, using a decision height (DH) of 100 feet. |
| 112-2007 | Issued: 2006-11-24 Expiry: 2006-12-08 Region: Pacific Routing: PA |
CARS provision(s): 702.22(1)(a) and 702.22(3)(a) Applicant provision(s): Black Tusk Helicopters Inc. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this authorization is to allow Black Tusk Helicopters Inc., Box 1469, Squamish, B.C., to conduct landings and take-offs and carry out Class B external load operations at altitudes of less than 1000 feet above and less than 500 feet horizontal distance from the highest obstacle within the built-up area of Seascape Drive, Lions Bay, District of West Vancouver, B.C., for the purpose of removing blown down trees. |
| 136-2006 | Issued: 2006-11-24 Expiry: 2008-03-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARR |
CARS provision(s): 421.71(3)(b) and 421.79(3)(b) Applicant provision(s): members and former members of the Canadian Forces Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this exemption is allow applicants for a Class 2 flight instructor rating – aeroplane or helicopter – who are or were Qualified Flying Instructors in the Canadian Forces, to obtain the Class 2 flight instructor rating without having recommended candidates for civil flight tests. |
| 148-2006 | Issued: 2006-11-14 Expiry: 2008-03-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARX |
CARS provision(s): 605.88(1) Applicant provision(s): Persons who conduct a take-off Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this exemption is to allow persons who conduct a take-off in an aircraft that has been subject to an abnormal occurrence to have the required inspection for damages performed by a person who may sign a maintenance release in accordance with section 571.11 of the CARs. This exemption will also allow other persons identified in section 571.11 of the CARs to sign a maintenance release for an inspection following an abnormal occurrence whereas the current regulatory requirements limit this privilege to the holder of an aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) licence issued under Part IV of the CARs. |
| 141-2006 | Issued: 2006-11-14 Expiry: 2008-10-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARR |
CARS provision(s): 405.23 Applicant provision(s): all persons operating an aeroplane Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this exemption is to permit persons operating an aeroplane for flight training and pilot testing on aeroplanes, which are not equipped with a turn and slip indicator or turn coordinator, but which have an alternate means of displaying (e.g. glass-cockpit primary flight display), the rate of turn and the indication of slip. |
| 183-2006 | Issued: 2006-11-10 Expiry: 2006-11-10 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 700.02(1) and 701.02(1) Applicant provision(s): Lynden Air Cargo Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this exemption is to permit Lynden Air Cargo, LLC, while not being the holder of a Canadian Air Operator Certificate, to conduct a commercial air service in Canada on November 10, 2006, on behalf of Petro-Canada and its Terra Nova offshore facility in Newfoundland. Lynden Air Cargo, LLC will operate its Lockheed Hercules L382 aircraft, registration N404LC (or alternate), to transport cargo within Canada while being registered in the United States. This exemption permits Lynden Air Cargo, LLC to operate between Hamilton, Ontario and St. John’s, Newfoundland, on a one-time basis. |
| 180-2006 | Issued: 2006-11-10 Expiry: 2007-04-01 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 705.124(1)(b) Applicant provision(s): Skyservice Airlines Inc Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this exemption is to permit the training pilots working for hire or reward for Skyservice Airlines Inc. to be exempted from the requirement to occupy the left or right crew seat while conducting the transition line indoctrination training on Skyservice Airlines Inc. A319/A320 and B757/B767 aircraft. Currently, training pilots are required to perform their duties in their respective position during transition line indoctrination. They may only occupy the jump seat where the transitioning pilot has completed at least 2 sectors as pilot flying and has satisfactorily demonstrated to them that he or she is qualified to perform the duties of the position. |
| 182-2006 | Issued: 2006-11-03 Expiry: 2008-05-03 Region: Atlantic Routing: MA |
CARS provision(s): 705.34 (1)(a) and 705.34(3)(b) Applicant provision(s): Prince Edward Air Ltd Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
Paragraph 705.34(1)(a) of the CARs prohibits the conduct of a take-off in a twin-engined aircraft in IMC where weather conditions are at or above the take-off minima, but below the landing minima, for the runway to be used, unless an alternate aerodrome is specified in the operational flight plan and that aerodrome is located within the distance that can be flown in 60 minutes at the one-engine-inoperative cruise speed. Paragraph 705.34(3)(b) of the CARs permits a person to conduct a take-off in an aircraft in IMC where weather conditions are below the take-off minima specified in the instrument approach procedure, if the person is authorized to do so in an air operator certificate and the person complies with the CASS. The purpose of this exemption is to allow the air operator, Prince Edward Air Ltd. to depart from St. John's Newfoundland using the Deer Lake, Newfoundland or the Stephenville, Newfoundland airports as takeoff alternates, when the weather at Gander, Newfoundland airport is not suitable for it to be used as a take-off alternate, without having to meet the requirements of paragraphs 705.34(1)(a) or 705.34(3)(b) of the CARs and subparagraph 725.34(1)(b) or subparagraph 725.34(2)(b)(i) of the CASS, in accordance with the application, below. |
| 152-2006 | Issued: 2006-11-03 Expiry: 2008-06-30 Region: HQ Routing: AARN |
CARS provision(s): 402.01(2) Applicant provision(s): NAV CANADA Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
This exemption permits NAV CANADA and all air traffic controllers working for hire or reward for NAV CANADA to: (a)obtain an ATC licence without completing the tests and examinations of ATC training courses during the 12 month period immediately preceding the date of issue of a licence, or (b) the endorsement of an Airport Control Rating, a Terminal Control Rating, an Area Control Rating or an Oceanic Control Rating having successfully completed ATC training courses administered by an institution that is recognized by the Minister as being qualified to administer such training without the limitation of completing this training within 12 months of receiving the endorsement. |
| 134-2006 | Issued: 2006-10-27 Expiry: 2008-04-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARX |
CARS provision(s): 302.07(1)(a)(i) and (ii) Applicant provision(s): all Canadian Airport Operators Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this exemption is to permit Canadian airport operators to install a “Visual Alignment Lighting System” that is compliant with the criteria of Annex14, Volume II, section 5.3.4 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, attached hereto as Schedule “C” in accordance with the conditions contained in this exemption. The specifications contained in The Aerodrome Standards and Recommended Practices (TP312, 4th Edition) do not provide for the use of such a system in Canada and therefore is not permitted since it is currently outside of the specifications. This exemption allows the introduction of the “Visual Alignment Guidance System” in Canada such as the SAGA system, as an additional lighting system option for non-instrument and non-precision runways, pending formal amendment of the Canadian standards. This exemption does not replace any of the current requirements contained in the Aerodrome Standards and Recommended Practices (TP312, 4th Edition). |
| 111-2007 | Issued: 2006-10-26 Expiry: 2006-10-29 Region: Pacific Routing: PA |
CARS provision(s): 702.22(1)(a) and 702.22(2)(a) Applicant provision(s): Blackcomb Helicopters Ltd., Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this authorization is to permit Blackcomb Helicopters Ltd., Box 1241, Whistler, B.C., to conduct take-offs and landings in an aircraft within a built-up area of a city or town and to operate a helicopter over a built-up area at altitudes and distances less than those specified in paragraph 602.14(2)(a). |
| 110-2007 | Issued: 2006-10-24 Expiry: 2006-11-05 Region: Pacific Routing: PA |
CARS provision(s): 702.22(1)(a) and 702.22(3)(a) Applicant provision(s): VIH Helicopters Ltd., Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this authorization is to permit VIH Helicopters Ltd., 1962 Canso Road, Sidney, B.C., to conduct landings and take-offs and carry out Class B external load operations at altitudes of less than 1000 feet above and less than 500 feet horizontal distance from the highest obstacle within the built-up area of the City of Victoria, B.C., for the purpose of installing air conditioning units. |
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