Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)

406.40 A flight training unit that operates an aeroplane or a helicopter shall establish and comply with policies and procedures to ensure that an aircraft is not operated unless it is

• (a) airworthy;

• (b) appropriately equipped, configured and maintained for its intended use; and

• (c) maintained in accordance with the flight training unit’s maintenance control manual.

406.41 A flight training unit that operates an aeroplane or a helicopter shall establish and comply with policies and procedures that meet the personnel licensing standards for

• (a) recording aircraft defects, including defects that are detected during aircraft operation or during the performance of elementary work or servicing;

• (b) identifying defects that recur and reporting those defects as recurring defects to maintenance personnel;

• (c) ensuring that defects are rectified in accordance with the requirements of these Regulations; and

• (d) subject to sections 605.09 and 605.10, scheduling the rectification of defects whose repair has been deferred.

406.42 The holder of a flight training unit operator certificate who operates an aeroplane or a helicopter shall report to the Minister, in accordance with Division IX of Subpart 21 of Part V, any reportable service difficulty related to any aircraft that it operates.

406.43 No flight training unit that operates an aeroplane or a helicopter shall authorize a person to perform, without supervision, a task that is elementary work set out in section 605.85 unless the person

• (a) has satisfactorily completed training for the task under a training program required by section 406.45; and

• (b) has previously performed that task under the direct supervision of the holder of an aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) licence or a training organization approved pursuant to Subpart 3.

406.44 A flight training unit that operates an aeroplane or a helicopter shall ensure that each person who performs or requests the performance of servicing has satisfactorily completed training, under a training program required by section 406.45, for the servicing to be performed.

406.45 A flight training unit that operates an aeroplane or a helicopter shall implement a training program to ensure that persons who are authorized to perform a function under this Division are trained in respect of the regulations, standards and flight training unit procedures applicable to that function, as specified in the personnel licensing standards.

• 406.46 (1) A flight training unit that operates an aeroplane or a helicopter shall establish, maintain and retain for at least two years after an entry is made a record of maintenance personnel that meets the personnel licensing standards.

• (2) Where an authorization is given or training is completed, the flight training unit shall provide a copy of each record required by subsection (1) to the person to whom the record refers.