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| Exemption no. | Issuance details | Applicability | Purpose |
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| Request a copy of PAC-004-2021 | Issued: 2021-07-16 Expiry: 2026-07-15 Region: Pacific Routing: TAHA-SUR |
CARS provision(s): 704.115(1)(b) Applicant provision(s): Harbour Air Ltd Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PAC-004-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to permit Harbour Air Ltd.’s “Aeroplane Only Flight Training Program” to exclude the initial night training requirements of CASS subparagraph 724.115(11)(b)(iii) for flight crew members who operate seaplanes under Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) Subpart 704 on straight floats only. Specifically, CASS subparagraph 724.115(11)(b)(iii) mandates the completion of “a normal take-off, visual circuit, approach and landing at night” during initial aeroplane only flight training when an air operator is authorized to operate in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC). Allowance to exclude this night training requirement from the Harbour Air Ltd. training program is requested for flight crew members who only operate Harbour Air Ltd. aircraft on straight floats since seaplanes are currently restricted by regulations from taking-off from or landing at water aerodromes at night. |
| Request a copy of NCR-042-2021 | Issued: 2021-07-02 Expiry: 2021-12-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 703.91(1) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-042-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to provide a Canadian air operator with the temporary authority to extend the valid-to date of a PPC, competency check and the annual training of any company pilot or person assigned to perform duties on-board an aircraft for an additional 90 consecutive days. 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 11th, 2020. This exemption extends the regulatory relief previously granted under exemption NCR-103-2020. |
| Request a copy of NCR-040-2021 | Issued: 2021-07-02 Expiry: 2021-12-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 604.139(1) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-040-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to provide a private operator with the temporary authority to extend the valid-to date of a Pilot Proficiency Check (PPC), competency check and the annual training of any company pilot, flight attendant or person assigned to perform duties on-board an aircraft for an additional 90 consecutive days. 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 private operator 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 11th, 2020. This exemption extends the regulatory relief previously granted under exemption NCR-102-2020. |
| Request a copy of NCR-032-2021 | Issued: 2021-07-02 Expiry: 2021-12-01 Region: HQ Routing: OPI |
CARS provision(s): 705.113(1) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-032-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to provide Canadian air operators operating under Subpart 5 of Part VII of the CARs with the temporary authority to extend the validity period of any annual flight attendant training referred to in section 705.124 for an additional 90 consecutive days. 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 11th, 2020. This exemption extends the regulatory relief previously granted under exemption NCR-108-2020. |
| Request a copy of NCR-034-2021 | Issued: 2021-07-02 Expiry: 2021-12-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 604.174 Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-034-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to allow a private operator conducting operations pursuant to Subpart 4 of Part VI of the CARs to conduct training and checking in an aeroplane where there is a requirement that training and checking is conducted in a flight simulation training device (FSTD). This exemption extends the regulatory relief previously granted under exemption NCR-118-2020. COVID-19 |
| Request a copy of NCR-031-2021 | Issued: 2021-07-02 Expiry: 2022-11-30 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 604.179(z), 704.115(2)(d) 705.124(2)(b)(iv)(C) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-031-2021 - Re-issuance of NCR-127-2020 . COVID-19 The purpose of this exemption is to authorize Canadian operators to defer the requirement for flight attendants and cabin crew members to perform hands-on, practical fire fighting drills to extinguish an actual fire during annual or requalification training only. This exemption also permits Canadian operators to use an alternative means to conduct the verification of skills for emergency equipment that must be placed on or over the head during annual or requalification training. This exemption does not permit the operator to reduce the content in its approved flight attendant or cabin crew member annual training program. The performance of the required hands-on, practical fire fighting drills to extinguish an actual fire shall either be completed within the validity period of the annual training or deferred for successful completion at a later date by each flight attendant and cabin crew member. |
| Request a copy of NCR-033-2021 | Issued: 2021-07-02 Expiry: 2021-12-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 702.65(b) and (c), 703.88(1)(c), 704.108(1)(c) and705.106(1)(c) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-033-2021 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. More specifically, this exemption will allow Canadian air operators to use “training to proficiency” as an alternative means of compliance with the requirement to successfully complete a pilot proficiency check (PPC) as required by paragraphs 702.65(b) and (c), 703.88 (1)(c), 704.108(1)(c) and 705.106(1)(c) of the CARs. This exemption extends until December 1, 2021, the regulatory relief granted under exemption NCR-114-2020. |
| Request a copy of NCR-029-2021 | Issued: 2021-07-02 Expiry: 2021-12-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 705.106, 705.124 Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-029-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to allow an air operator conducting operations pursuant to Subpart 5 of Part VII of the CARs to substitute aeroplane only training and checking where there is a requirement that training and checking is conducted in a flight simulation training device (FSTD). This exemption extends the regulatory relief previously granted under exemption NCR-119-2020. COVID-19 |
| Request a copy of NCR-035-2021 | Issued: 2021-07-02 Expiry: 2021-12-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 704.108 Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-035-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to enable stakeholders to continue operations in the environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, the purpose of this exemption is to allow an air operator conducting operations pursuant to Subpart 4 of Part VII of the CARs to opt for an aeroplane only training and checking when there is a requirement to conduct training and checking in a Flight Simulation Training Device (FSTD). This exemption extends until December 1, 2021, the regulatory relief granted under exemption NCR-120-2020. |
| Request a copy of NCR-028-2021 | Issued: 2021-07-02 Expiry: 2021-12-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 604.169(2), 702.76(2)(d)(vi), 703.98(2)(d), 704.115(2)(e) and 705.124(2)(e) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-028-2021 - Re-issuance of NCR-116-2020 During recent internal and external consultation with industry stakeholders, it was deemed that the issues of flight crew members training with head and or face worn devices was still a concern leading to this exemption being renewed. This exemption is to authorize Canadian operators to defer the requirement for flight crew members to perform hands-on practical drills using head or face covering emergency equipment such as quick donning oxygen masks during annual training only. This exemption does not permit the operator to reduce the content in its approved flight crew member annual training program. The performance of the required hands-on practical drills shall either be completed within the validity period of the annual training or deferred for successful completion at a later date by each flight crew member. 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 crew members following the declaration of a pandemic outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11th, 2020. This exemption extends the regulatory relief previously granted under exemption NCR-116-2020. |
| Request a copy of NCR-039-2021 | Issued: 2021-07-02 Expiry: 2021-12-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 604.143(4)(d) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-039-2021 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. This exemption extends the regulatory relief previously granted under exemption NCR-113-2020. COVID-19 |
| Request a copy of NCR-041-2021 | Issued: 2021-07-02 Expiry: 2021-12-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 702.67(1) and (2) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-041-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to provide a Canadian air operator with the temporary authority to extend the valid-to date of a Pilot Proficiency Check (PPC), competency check and the annual training of any company pilot or person assigned to perform duties on-board an aircraft for an additional 90 consecutive days. 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 11th, 2020. This exemption extends the regulatory relief previously granted under exemption NCR-104-2020. |
| Request a copy of NCR-043-2021 | Issued: 2021-07-02 Expiry: 2021-12-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 704.111(1) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-043-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to provide a Canadian air operator with the temporary authority to extend the valid-to date of a Pilot Proficiency Check (PPC) and the annual training of any company pilot or person assigned to perform duties on-board an aircraft for an additional 90 consecutive days. 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 11th, 2020. This exemption extends the regulatory relief previously granted under exemption NCR-101-2020. |
| Request a copy of NCR-036-2021 | Issued: 2021-07-02 Expiry: 2021-12-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 705.113(1) and 705.113(2) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-036-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to provide Canadian air operators with the temporary authority to extend the valid-to date of a PPC and the annual training of any company pilot assigned to perform duties on-board an aircraft for an additional 90 consecutive days. 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 crew following the declaration of a pandemic outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. This exemption extends until December 1, 2021, the regulatory relief granted under exemption NCR-109-2020. |
| Request a copy of NCR-044-2021 | Issued: 2021-06-25 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: AARTC |
CARS provision(s): 521.158(1) Applicant provision(s): DECA Aviation Engineering Ltd Aircraft model: DHC-8-315 DeHavilland Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-044-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to allow DECA Aviation Engineering Limited to modify a De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited (DHCL) model DHC-8-315 aeroplane, Serial Number 609, to a Medevac configuration that uses a net to enclose the stowage area in the passenger cabin rather than a solid partition, such that the stowage area enclosure requirements of the applicable standards in 14 CFR part 25 for aeroplanes with passenger seating of 10 or more are not met. |
| Request a copy of NCR-038-2021 | Issued: 2021-06-23 Expiry: 2026-05-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTJ |
CARS provision(s): 401.06(1)(b)(iv) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-038-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to permit persons who have successfully completed an approved Airline Transport Pilot Licence – ATP (A) Integrated Course to hold an individual aircraft type rating for aeroplanes with a minimum flight crew requirement of at least two pilots without having to acquire 250 hours of aeroplane flight time as stated in Subparagraphs 421.40(3)(a)(ii) and 421.40(3)(b)(iii) of the CARs. |
| Request a copy of NCR-026-2021 | Issued: 2021-06-22 Expiry: 2026-07-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTA |
CARS provision(s): 801.01(2)(A) and 801.08(B) Applicant provision(s): Nav Canada Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-026-2021 - Re-issuance of NCR-055-2016 The purpose of this exemption is to allow NAV CANADA, a holder of an ATS (Air Traffic Services) Operations Certificate, and all its air traffic controllers, to issue clearances and instructions under specific conditions, in accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Procedures for Air Navigation Services - Air Traffic Management (PANS-ATM), (Document 4444) in addition to those contained in Standard 821 Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards. More specifically, under the authority of this exemption NAV CANADA will be able to introduce newly developed ICAO separation standards and related Procedures and not be required to submit a separate exemption request for each one they intend to implement. This exemption extends the regulatory relief previously granted under exemption NCR-055-2016. |
| Request a copy of NCR-030-2021 | Issued: 2021-06-14 Expiry: 2022-11-30 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 705.109(2),705.109(1)(b), 705.124(2)(b), 705.124(1)(b) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-030-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to facilitate a timely restart of the Canadian air operators large scale operations in the environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, this exemption will allow Canadian air operators operating under Subpart 5 of Part VII of the CARs to modify the manner in which qualifications are regained, verify that flight attendants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic have maintained their competencies, and that each flight attendant has acquired any new competencies necessary to perform their duties. |
| Request a copy of NCR-037-2021 | Issued: 2021-06-14 Expiry: 2022-02-28 Region: HQ Routing: AARTJ |
CARS provision(s): 401.14(a) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-037-2021 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 11th, 2020. Consequently, most Civil Aviation Medical Examiners have temporarily closed their offices thus rendering the ability to undergo Civil Aviation medical examinations unavailable. More specifically, this exemption is to allow candidates who hold a valid Category 4 medical certificate or whose Category 1 medical certificates issued or renewed by the Minister of Transport no longer meets the validity period for a Commercial licence yet is still valid for a Private licence to attempt a flight test for the Private Pilot Licence, Commercial Pilot Licence, Airline Transport Pilot Licence or Flight Instructor Rating until February 28, 2022, as a temporary measure. |
| Request a copy of NCR-020-2021 | Issued: 2021-06-02 Expiry: 2022-01-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTJ |
CARS provision(s): 401.06(2) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-020-2021 - Re-issuance of NCR-131-2020. The purpose of this exemption is to allow the certification of additional privileges endorsed on a permit or licence to only expire upon receipt of a new permit or licence granting those privileges, instead of the normally prescribed period of 90 days for a temporary endorsement. 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 as the COVID-19 pandemic persist, and as governmental measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 are extended through time. |
| Request a copy of NCR-022-2021 | Issued: 2021-06-02 Expiry: 2022-01-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTJ |
CARS provision(s): 408.12 Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-022-2021 - Re-issuance of NCR-129-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to enable stakeholders to continue operations in the environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic. This exemption is extending the temporary measures in the public interest into 2022 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 on March 11, 2020. More specifically, the purpose of this exemption is to allow, until January 31, 2022, examiners conducting flight tests for commercial pilot licence candidates to accept the following candidates for Commercial Pilot Licences – Aeroplane or Helicopter that do not meet the pre-requisites for the written examination due to circumstances related to COVID-19: (1) Examination candidates who are unable to write the Transport Canada licensing examinations prior to attempting their flight test; or, (2) Candidates whose 24-month written exam validity will expire without having completed all of the training and checking required for application for a Commercial Pilot Licence. |
| Request a copy of NCR-021-2021 | Issued: 2021-06-02 Expiry: 2022-01-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTA |
CARS provision(s): 401.14 Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-021-2021 - Re-issuance of NCR-134-2020. The purpose of the exemption is to allow candidates that have not yet written the requisite written examination for a Commercial Pilot Licence, an Instrument Rating or any of the Flight Instructor Ratings, to be accepted to attempt the flight test required for the issuance of an Instrument Rating, any of the Flight Instructor Ratings until January 31, 2022, as a temporary measure. 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 11th, 2020. |
| Request a copy of NCR-025-2021 | Issued: 2021-06-02 Expiry: 2022-01-31 Region: HQ Routing: OPI |
CARS provision(s): 400.03 (1) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-025-2021 - Re-issuance of NCR-136-2020 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 have applied for a permit, licence or rating after March 11th, 2020 and who have successfully-completed the knowledge requirement, to extend the knowledge requirements by 10 months. |
| Request a copy of NCR-018-2021 | Issued: 2021-06-02 Expiry: 2022-01-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTJ |
CARS provision(s): 401.13 (1)(d) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-018-2021 - Re-issuance of NCR-125-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to allow candidates for the Pilot Permit – Gyroplane, Pilot Permit – Recreational - Aeroplane and the Private Pilot Licence to attempt the written examinations with at least 5 hours of total flight experience, as well as to allow all other candidates to attempt the written examinations with only 25% of the total flight experience for the issuance of a permit, licence or rating until January 31, 2022, as a temporary measure. As the COVID-19 pandemic persists and as measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 remain in effect, this exemption serves as a temporary measure in efforts to reduce the potential of person-to-person transmission of the virus. |
| Request a copy of NCR-027-2021 | Issued: 2021-05-25 Expiry: 2026-05-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTJ |
CARS provision(s): 401.05(3.1) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-027-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to allow the holders of licences endorsed with or to which is attached the privileges of an instrument rating to use the hours and instrument approaches flown without supervision in an aircraft in actual or simulated IMC for the purposes of maintaining recency, as was allowed in previous versions of section 401.05 of the CARs. The purpose of this exemption is to adopt temporary measures in the public interest while a correction to the error made during regulatory drafting is processed until publication following approval by the Governor-in-Council. |
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