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| Exemption no. | Issuance details | Applicability | Purpose |
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| Request a copy of NCR-012-2021 | Issued: 2021-03-23 Expiry: 2026-03-01 Region: HQ Routing: OPI |
CARS provision(s): 401.06(1) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-012-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to permit graduates of CPL(A), CPL(A)/IR or ATP(A) integrated courses, conducted in accordance with section 426.75 of the Personnel Licensing and Training Standards, to apply for the commercial pilot licence - aeroplane when the 12 month time limit after the successful completion of the flight test required by subsection 421.30(5) of Standard 421 has passed. These courses are approved with prescriptive time limits of 9 to 36 months and graduates are prevented from applying for the licence until they have received a course completion certificate which confirms that they have attended the course and have completed it. Within the structure of these courses, the most logical and appropriate time to conduct the commercial pilot licence flight test is not necessarily within the 12-month period prior to making an application for the commercial pilot license - aeroplane. |
| Request a copy of OTT-003-2021 | Issued: 2021-03-22 Expiry: 2022-03-31 Region: HQ Routing: OPI |
CARS provision(s): 705.124(2)(b)(iv)(c) Applicant provision(s): Air Canada Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-003-2021 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 CAME-002-2021 | Issued: 2021-03-02 Expiry: 2022-03-02 Region: HQ Routing: OPI |
CARS provision(s): 404.03(2)(a) and (b) 404.04(1)(b) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
CAME-002-2021 - cancels NCR-062-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to adopt measures in the public interest that enable alternatives to regulatory requirements that permit social distancing, following the declaration of a pandemic outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020 and reduce the unnecessary exposure of healthy medical certificate holders to potentially hazardous healthcare settings. |
| Request a copy of CAME-001-2021 | Issued: 2021-03-02 Expiry: 2022-03-02 Region: HQ Routing: OPI |
CARS provision(s): 404.17(a) 404.18(a) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
CAME-001-2021 Cancels (NCR-061-2020) COVID-19 The purpose of this exemption is to adopt measures in the public interest that enable alternatives to regulatory requirements that permit social distancing, following the declaration of a pandemic outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020 and reduce the unnecessary exposure of healthy medical certificate holders to potentially hazardous healthcare settings. More specifically, the purpose of this exemption is to permit CAMEs to renew existing MCs via telemedicine consultation when the Civil Aviation Medical Examiner deems it sufficient. This exemption extends, for 11 additional months, the regulatory relief previously granted under exemption NCR-061-2020, issued on May 21, 2020. |
| Request a copy of QC-011-2020 | Issued: 2021-03-01 Expiry: 2024-03-01 Region: Quebec Routing: NAX |
CARS provision(s): 602.32 (1)(a) Applicant provision(s): Pratt & Whitney Canada Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-011-2020 - Re-issuance of QC-016-2015 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. and its flight crew members who are approved flight test pilots to operate, in the context of a certification flight test on Flying Tests Beds, Boeing 747 Special Performance aeroplanes below 10,000 feet ASL at an indicated airspeed of more than 250 knots, contrary to paragraph 602.32(1)(a) of the CARs. Operations will be conducted within Montreal Test Area and on specific Test Routes, as defined in the Nav Canada “Agreement Between Montreal ACC and Pratt & Whitney Canada” effective March 7, 2013 or later version. |
| Request a copy of QC-011-2020 | Issued: 2021-03-01 Expiry: 2024-03-01 Region: Quebec Routing: OPI |
CARS provision(s): 602.32(1)(a) Applicant provision(s): Pratt & Whiney Canada Corp. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this exemption is to allow Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. and its flight crew members who are approved flight test pilots to operate, in the context of a certification flight test on Flying Tests Beds, Boeing 747 Special Performance aeroplanes below 10,000 feet ASL at an indicated airspeed of more than 250 knots, contrary to paragraph 602.32(1)(a) of the CARs. Operations will be conducted within Montreal Test Area and on specific Test Routes, as defined in the Nav Canada “Agreement Between Montreal ACC and Pratt & Whitney Canada” effective March 7, 2013 or later version. |
| Request a copy of NCR-002-2021 | Issued: 2021-02-27 Expiry: 2021-12-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTM |
CARS provision(s): 403.04 Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-002-2021 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 December 1, 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 OTT-002-2021 | Issued: 2021-02-26 Expiry: 2026-02-28 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 705.25 (1)(b) Applicant provision(s): Air Canada rouge Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-002-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Air Canada Rouge to use its in-house Analyzed Contingency Fuel (ACF) program, a performance-based methodology, to calculate the amount of contingency fuel required on routes for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flights, where those flights are within international airspace. This exemption extends, for 5 years, the regulatory relief previously granted under exemption NCR-077-2014, issued on April 25, 2016. |
| Request a copy of OTT-001-2021 | Issued: 2021-02-26 Expiry: 2026-02-28 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 705.25(1)(B) Applicant provision(s): Air Canada Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-001-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Air Canada to use its in-house Analyzed Contingency Fuel (ACF) program, a performance-based methodology, to calculate the amount of contingency fuel required on routes for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flights, where those flights are within international airspace. This exemption extends, for 5 years, the regulatory relief previously granted under exemption NCR-076-2014, issued on April 25, 2016. |
| Request a copy of NCR-001-2021 | Issued: 2021-02-05 Expiry: 2026-02-11 Region: HQ Routing: AARTM |
CARS provision(s): 605.85(1) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-001-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Canadian air operators and their authorized personnel to carry out and record, without requiring a maintenance release, the Torque Event (TE) inspection task of the main rotor blades as elementary work described in MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) Basic Handbook of Maintenance Instructions CSP-HMI-2 section 62-10-00 referenced in the following documents: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2005-21-02; b) MDHI. Basic Handbook of Maintenance Instructions - Servicing and Maintenance Manual CSP-HMI-2, Section 04-00-00; and c) Helicopter Technology Corporation (HTC) Maintenance Manual HTCM-001Chapter 4. |
| Request a copy of NCR-007-2021 | Issued: 2021-02-02 Expiry: 2021-12-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTA |
CARS provision(s): 402.04(1)(b) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-007-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to continue 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. More specifically, 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 February 1, 2021 up to and including September 30, 2021 to continue exercising the privileges of an air traffic control licence until December 31, 2021, at 23:59 (EST). |
| Request a copy of NCR-136-2020 | Issued: 2021-02-01 Expiry: 2021-06-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTJ |
CARS provision(s): 400.03(1) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
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 received successful results after completing the Transport Canada written licensing examinations between August 01, 2018 and June 1st, 2019 to benefit from an extension of the validity of the written examination results until June 1st, 2021, due to the temporary closure of many flight training units. As such, the present exemption grants a four month extension to the previously granted extension under consecutive exemptions NCR-057-2020 and NCR-093-2020 to allow the licencing applicants whose written examinations results will expire while flight training units and Transport Canada facilities 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 OTT-012-2020 | Issued: 2021-01-26 Expiry: 2021-12-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 700.02(1) and 701.02(1) Applicant provision(s): Lynden Air Cargo LLC Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-012-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to permit Lynden Air Cargo, LLC, contrary to their Canadian foreign air operator certificate (CFAOC) F-9150 that restricts their area of operations to “Between Points in Canada and abroad”, to conduct until December 31, 2021 inclusively, a domestic air transport service in Canada on behalf of Bradley Air Services Limited (doing business as First Air) in support of the mining and resource industry in Northern Canada. |
| Request a copy of NCR-115-2020 | Issued: 2021-01-22 Expiry: 2021-08-31 Region: HQ Routing: OPI |
CARS provision(s): 402.03(1)(b)(iv) Applicant provision(s): NAV CANADA Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-115-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to reduce the minimum duration for certain flight service specialists, to serve under the supervision of a qualified Mirabel airport air traffic controller preceding the issuance of an initial air traffic control licence with an airport control rating for Mirabel airport. This exemption will allow the minimum duration to be reduced from 3 months to 20 days for flight service specialists who are currently providing services at the Mirabel International Airport. COVID-19 |
| Request a copy of NCR-134-2020 | Issued: 2021-01-16 Expiry: 2021-06-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTJ |
CARS provision(s): 401.14 Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-134-2020 The purpose of the exemption is to allow candidates that have not yet written the requisite written examination for 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 June 01, 2021, 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-137-2020 | Issued: 2021-01-13 Expiry: 2021-06-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTJ |
CARS provision(s): 401.06(1)c) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-137-2020 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 11th, 2020. As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve and Provincial and Municipal governments maintain social distancing measures that have led to limited access to flight schools across Canada, this exemption shall provide all applicants having successfully-completed flight test between March 11, 2020 and June 01, 2021, an extension of up to five (5) additional months to submit an application for a permit, licence or rating. The present exemption grants an extension until June 01, 2021 extending the previous extension granted under exemption NCR-094-2020. |
| Request a copy of NCR-129-2020 | Issued: 2021-01-01 Expiry: 2021-06-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTJ |
CARS provision(s): 408.12 Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
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 2021 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 June 01, 2021, 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-131-2020 | Issued: 2021-01-01 Expiry: 2021-06-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTJ |
CARS provision(s): 401.06(2) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
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 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-130-2020 | Issued: 2021-01-01 Expiry: 2021-08-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 602.66(1)c) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-130-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to enable stakeholders to continue operations in the environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic. This exemption will allow helicopter air operators and flight crew to conduct offshore flight operations over Canadian waters under Subparts 702, 703 and 704 of the CARs, with persons on board that have received the EUBA training specified in paragraph 602.66(1)(c) of the CARs within the 42-month period preceding the flight. |
| Request a copy of NCR-128-2020 | Issued: 2021-01-01 Expiry: 2021-06-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTJ |
CARS provision(s): 401.14e) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-128-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to enable stakeholders to continue operations in the environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic. This exemption is 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 on March 11, 2020. More specifically, this exemption will allow a number of commercial pilot licence candidates to be accepted for their flight test for the issuance of Commercial Pilot Licences – Aeroplane or Helicopter prior to completing the Transport Canada licensing written examination. |
| Request a copy of NCR-127-2020 | Issued: 2021-01-01 Expiry: 2021-07-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARTJ |
CARS provision(s): 604.179(z), 704.115(2)(d) and 705.124(2)(b)(iv)c) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-127-2020 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 drills during annual 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 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 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 attendant and cabin crew member. COVID-19 |
| Request a copy of NCR-133-2020 | Issued: 2021-01-01 Expiry: 2021-06-30 Region: HQ Routing: AARK |
CARS provision(s): 104.01 Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-133-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to mitigate the financial pressures for persons requesting an exemption to the CARs as a result of the economic environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Request a copy of NCR-098-2020 | Issued: 2020-12-24 Expiry: 2024-12-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTA |
CARS provision(s): 803.02 Applicant provision(s): GE Aviation Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-098-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to authorize GE Flight Efficiency Services to develop and submit for publishing to NAV CANADA the Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) authority, in the Canada Air Pilot, an instrument procedure intended for WestJet and Swoop Inc. use which has been developed in accordance with the instrument procedure criteria set out in the GE Flight Efficiency Services Volume A4A – Design Criteria Manual, the GE Flight Efficiency Services Volume A4C.03 – Regulatory Compliance Supplement – Transport Canada or revised versions of either manual have been approached by the Minister. COVID-19 |
| NCR-132-2020 | Issued: 2020-12-23 Expiry: When COVID-19 Interim Order ExpiresRegion: HQ Routing: AARK |
CARS provision(s): Interim Order Respecting Certain Requirements for Civil Aviation Due to COVID-19 Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-132-2020 Cancelled and REPLACED by NCR-070-2021 |
| Request a copy of QC-007-2020 | Issued: 2020-12-23 Expiry: 2025-12-31 Region: Quebec Routing: NAH |
CARS provision(s): 561.03(8), 561.08(1), 561.10(1)(d) Applicant provision(s): MHI RJ Aviation ULC Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-007-2020 This exemption enables MHI RJ Aviation ULC. to apply, in accordance with section 561.03 of the CARs, for the issuance of a Manufacturer Certificate when the company does not have all the elements of a production control system required by CARs subsection 561.08(1) nor a final assembly facility located in Canada, as required by CARs subsections 561.03(8) and by Standards for Approved Manufacturers subsections 561.08(a), 561.08(b) in part, and 561.08(e). This exemption, subject to the conditions set herein, also allows MHI RJ Aviation ULC, or persons acting under the control of MHI RJ Aviation ULC, to sign a statement of conformity in respect of an aeronautical product where the aeronautical product has not been manufactured as required by CARs paragraph 561.10 (1)(d). |
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