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| Exemption no. | Issuance details | Applicability | Purpose |
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| Request a copy of NCR-023-2021 | Issued: 2021-05-21 Expiry: 2022-01-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTJ |
CARS provision(s): 401.14e) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-023-2021 - Re-issuance of 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-019-2021 | Issued: 2021-05-21 Expiry: 2026-05-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTJ |
CARS provision(s): 406.54 Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-019-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to allow persons who hold a Flight Training Unit (FTU) operator certificate, issued pursuant to Subpart 6 of Part IV of the CARs, to conduct the training of students for a Commercial Pilot Licence – Helicopter, or holders of a Commercial Pilot licence or Airline Transport Pilot Licence, in a discipline necessary to become viable employees for Subpart 702 Air Operator Certificate holders for forest fire suppression. These operations involve holding a land helicopter over water in hover, beyond a point where the land helicopter could reach shore in the event of an engine failure. It is a necessary manoeuvre, for the purpose of fire suppression, to be able to fill up the water bucket slung by a helicopter or a belly tank attached under the helicopter. The present regulatory conditions pursuant to section 406.54 of the CARs do not include allowing FTUs to conduct pilot training for operations involving hovering over water beyond a point where a land helicopter could reach shore in the event of an engine failure, while filling up a water bucket or a belly tank. This exemption proposes to allow FTUs to conduct pilot training for operations involving hovering over water beyond a point where a land helicopter could reach shore in the event of an engine failure, while filling up a water bucket or a belly tank, in accordance with the conditions set out in this exemption. |
| Request a copy of ON-005-2021 | Issued: 2021-05-20 Expiry: 2021-08-31 Region: Ontario Routing: PAH |
CARS provision(s): 705.204 (1) Applicant provision(s): Bradley Air Services Ltd Aircraft model: Boeing 737-200 and 737-300 Registration no.: n/a |
ON-005-2021 The purpose of the exemption is to allow Bradley Air Services Limited to delay the demonstration of its emergency evacuation procedures for aeroplane models that have been introduced into its fleet through their addition to the Bradley Air Services Limited air operator certificate AOC 875 during the merger process with Canadian North Inc. This exemption will allow Bradley Air Services Limited to defer the demonstration of emergency evacuation procedures for its Boeing 737-200 and Boeing 737-300 aeroplane models to coincide with the demonstration required by the introduction of the Boeing 737-700 aeroplane model into its fleet. |
| Request a copy of NCR-024-2021 | Issued: 2021-05-05 Expiry: 2022-01-07 Region: HQ Routing: AARTA |
CARS provision(s): 803.01 (2) Applicant provision(s): Nav Canada Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-024-2021 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. On December 18th, 2020, NCR-126-2020 was issued to permit NAV CANADA to submit for publication and distribution an instrument flight procedure when all other review and ground validation activities are completed except for the flight check, for the February 25th, April 22nd, and June 17th 2021 effective date cycles. The purpose of this exemption is to permit NAV CANADA to submit for publication and distribution an instrument flight procedure when all other review and ground validation activities are completed except for the flight check, for the August 12th, October 7th, and December 2nd 2021 effective date cycles. |
| Request a copy of NCR-122-2020 | Issued: 2021-04-30 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: OPI |
CARS provision(s): 700.02 (2)(a) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-122-2020 - Cancels NCR-021-2016 This exemption allows a person who does not hold an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) issued under subpart 702 of the CARs but has the qualifications mentioned herein, to conduct aerial work involving the carriage for hire or reward of persons other than flight crew members while operating a Canadian registered piston powered aeroplane(s) with a Certificate of Airworthiness meeting the description of warbird. |
| Request a copy of NCR-123-2020 | Issued: 2021-04-30 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: OPI |
CARS provision(s): 700.02 (2)(a) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-123-2020 - Cancels NCR-021-2016 This exemption allows a person who does not hold an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) issued under subpart 702 of the CARs but has the qualifications mentioned herein, to conduct aerial work involving the carriage for hire or reward of persons other than flight crew members while operating a Canadian registered piston powered aeroplane(s) with a Special Certificate of Airworthiness - Limited meeting the description of warbird. |
| Request a copy of NCR-121-2020 | Issued: 2021-04-30 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 700.02 (2)(a) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-121-2020 - Cancels NCR-021-2016 This exemption allows a person who does not hold an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) issued under Subpart 702 of the CARs but has the qualifications mentioned herein, to conduct aerial work involving the carriage for hire or reward of persons other than flight crew members while operating a Canadian registered turbojet or turboprop powered aeroplane(s) with a Special Certificate of Airworthiness - Limited meeting the description of warbird. |
| Request a copy of PAC-003-2020 | Issued: 2021-04-29 Expiry: 2023-04-30 Region: Pacific Routing: TAS-VAN |
CARS provision(s): 561.07 (1) and 561.10 (1)(d) Applicant provision(s): XL Aero Inc. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PAC-003-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to enable XL Aero Inc. to apply, in accordance with section 561.03 of the CARs when the company does not have all the elements of a production control system required by CARs subsection 561.08(1) 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 XL Aero Inc., or persons acting under the control of XL Aero Inc., 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). |
| Request a copy of PAC-003-2020 | Issued: 2021-04-29 Expiry: 2023-04-30 Region: Pacific Routing: TAS-VAN |
CARS provision(s): 561.07(1), 561.08(a) 561.10(1)(d) Applicant provision(s): XL Aero Inc. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PAC-003-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to enable XL Aero Inc. to apply, in accordance with section 561.03 of the CARs when the company does not have all the elements of a production control system required by CARs subsection 561.08(1) 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 XL Aero Inc., or persons acting under the control of XL Aero Inc., 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). |
| Request a copy of OTT-005-2021 | Issued: 2021-04-22 Expiry: 2026-04-21 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 705.26 (2)c) Applicant provision(s): Air Canada Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-005-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Air Canada and its flight crew members to: 1. Operate its Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 aircraft on a route containing a point that is farther from an adequate aerodrome than the distance that can be flown in at least 180 minutes at the one-engine-inoperative cruise speed but no more than 207 minutes in regions other than the North Pacific; and 2. To permit use of 207-minute ETOPS authority without application limitations such as political or military concern, volcanic activity, weather and airport conditions, when the preferred routing, if planning within ETOPS 180-minute authority, would require Longyear, Norway (LYR) and/or Barrow, Alaska (BRW) to be considered as ETOPS alternate airports. List of suggested alternate airports is reproduced in Appendix B of this exemption. |
| Request a copy of QC-002-2021 | Issued: 2021-04-22 Expiry: 2022-04-20 Region: Quebec Routing: NAH |
CARS provision(s): 561.10 (1) and 571 Applicant provision(s): Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-002-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Approved Manufacturer Certificate number 4-58, to replace a suspected non-conforming part high pressure compressor fairing and perform work related to the replacement of this part on thirteen (13) engines Models PW814GA and PW815GA it delivered to aircraft original equipment manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace USA as these engines entered into service and fall within the regulatory framework of section 571 of the CARs. This exemption will allow Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., to not comply with subsection 561.10(1) and section 571 of the CARs and subsection 561.10(5) and Appendix A of Standard 561 - Approved manufacturers, subject to the condition stated below. Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., may use its manufacturer certification authority and enter status NEW on a FORM ONE used as Statement of Conformity certifying the work performed. |
| Request a copy of NCR-089-2020 | Issued: 2021-04-22 Expiry: 2026-06-05 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 703.83 Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-089-2020 The purpose of this exemption is to permit Canadian air operators and the pilot-in-command to operate seaplanes under Subpart 3 of Part VII of the CARs while carrying passengers whose body mass is less than 15.88 kilograms (35 pounds) that do not wear an inflatable life preserver, an inflatable individual flotation device or an inflatable personal flotation device when the seaplane is operated on or above water. |
| Request a copy of NCR-016-2021 | Issued: 2021-04-16 Expiry: 2025-02-28 Region: HQ Routing: AARTF |
CARS provision(s): 705.124(1), 705.139(2) and (3) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-016-2021 - Re-issuance of NCR-019-2017 The purpose of this exemption is to allow a Canadian air operator operating under Subpart 5 of Part VII of the CARs to exclude a first aid section from its flight attendant manual. As an employer, a Canadian air operator operating under Subpart 5 of Part VII of the CARs is required to comply with the Aviation Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, including Part 9 – First Aid. |
| Request a copy of ON-002-2021 | Issued: 2021-04-16 Expiry: 2023-04-15 Region: Ontario Routing: PAH-TOR |
CARS provision(s): 302.071)(a)(I) and (II) Applicant provision(s): Greater Toronto Airports Authority Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
ON-002-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to allow the Greater Toronto Airports Authority to conduct an operational trial of angled runway hold position markings with angled inset combination stop bar and runway guard lighting on Taxiway Delta Four and Taxiway Delta Five at the Toronto-Lester B. Pearson International Airport (CYYZ) to determine if these angled runway hold position markings with angled inset combination stop bar and runway guard lighting increase the conspicuity of hold positions on rapid exit taxiways between Runways 06R/24L and 06L/24R, thereby decreasing the number of runway incursions due to ineffective visual aids previously installed. |
| Request a copy of OTT-006-2021 | Issued: 2021-04-10 Expiry: 2022-12-21 Region: HQ Routing: OPI |
CARS provision(s): 705.124 (1)(b) Applicant provision(s): Jazz Aviation LP Aircraft model: CRJ 900 and DHC-8-400 Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-006-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Jazz to conduct its Embraer 175 flight attendant aircraft type training without conducting the evacuation drills as required by section 7.4 of Initial training of the TP12296. This exemption allows Jazz to treat the Embraer 175 aircraft as equivalent to the other aircraft in its fleet, specifically the CRJ 900 and the DHC-8-400 with respect to the conduct of evacuation drills. |
| Request a copy of ON-004-2021 | Issued: 2021-04-09 Expiry: 2022-04-30 Region: Ontario Routing: PAH-OTT |
CARS provision(s): 705.124 (1)(b) Applicant provision(s): Bradley Air Servicees Limited Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
ON-004-2021 - COVID-19 The purpose of the exemption is to permit Bradley Air Services Limited to provide an approved initial training program that has been modified for the Canadian North Inc. flight crew members identified in the application of this exemption. |
| Request a copy of ON-003-2021 | Issued: 2021-03-31 Expiry: 2022-01-30 Region: Ontario Routing: NAH-OTT |
CARS provision(s): 705.109(1)(B) and 705.124(1)(B) Applicant provision(s): Bradley Air Services Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of the exemption is to permit Bradley Air Services Limited to provide an approved initial training program that has been modified for the Canadian North Inc. flight attendants identified in the application of this exemption. |
| Request a copy of NCR-014-2021 | Issued: 2021-03-30 Expiry: 2022-01-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARTJ |
CARS provision(s): 401.13(1)(a) Applicant provision(s): Global Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-014-2021 The purpose of this exemption is to allow persons who have not received their confirmation of medical certificate from Transport Canada, three months or more after receiving a medical examination by a Civil Aviation Medical Examiner, the results of which were submitted to Transport Canada, to attempt a written examination for the issuance of a permit, licence or rating. This exemption provides 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 disease (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. |
| 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-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 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 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. |
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