Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)

Ground and Airborne Icing Operations

604.181 The component of the training program for flight crew members and ground personnel that relates to ground and airborne icing operations shall include the following elements:

• (a) the responsibilities of the pilot-in-command and other operations personnel in respect of aircraft de-icing and anti-icing procedures;

• (b) the provisions of these Regulations, and of related standards, that relate to ground and airborne icing operations;

• (c) the meteorological conditions that are conducive to ice, frost and snow contamination;

• (d) procedures relating to pre-flight inspections and to the removal of contamination;

• (e) the hazards associated with the contamination of critical surfaces by ice, frost and snow;

• (f) airborne icing recognition; and

• (g) in the case of training provided to flight crew members,

  • (i) the basis of the certification of the aircraft for flight into known icing conditions,

  • (ii) airborne icing definitions and terminology,

  • (iii) the aerodynamic effects of airborne icing,

  • (iv) the weather patterns associated with airborne icing, including both classical and non-classical mechanisms that produce freezing precipitation,

  • (v) flight planning and airborne icing information,

  • (vi) information specific to the private operator’s aircraft fleet that relates to the operation of de-icing and anti-icing equipment, and operational procedures relating to that equipment, and

  • (vii) the private operator’s directives concerning operations in airborne icing conditions set out in the private operator’s operations manual and, if established by the private operator, in the private operator’s standard operating procedures.

Maintenance, Elementary Work and Servicing

• 604.182 (1) The component of the training program for persons who performs maintenance or elementary work shall include the following elements:

  • (a) the performance rules set out in section 571.02, and the recording requirements set out in section 571.03 and subsection 605.92(1); and

  • (b) the private operator’s maintenance control system.

• (2) The component of the training program for persons who perform servicing shall include the following elements:

  • (a) the procedures that are set out in instructions for continued airworthiness provided by the holder of the design approval document, and that are applicable to the types of aircraft operated by the private operator; and

  • (b) details of the methods used by the private operator to record servicing under paragraph 604.127(k).

Safety Management System

604.183 The component of the training program in respect of the private operator’s safety management system shall include the following elements:

• (a) training in the concepts and principles of safety management systems;

• (b) training in the organization and operation of the private operator’s safety management system;

• (c) competency-based training for persons who have been assigned duties in respect of the safety management system;

• (d) appropriate objectives for each person; and

• (e) means of measuring the level of competency attained by each person who receives the training.

Amendments to Training Program

• 604.184 (1) If the Minister determines that a private operator’s training program required under section 604.166 does not include the competencies required for each person who receives training to perform their assigned duties, the Minister shall notify the private operator of

  • (a) the corrective actions that the private operator is required to implement to its training program; and

  • (b) the date by which the private operator is required to implement the corrective actions to its training program.

• (2) The private operator referred to in subsection (1) shall implement the corrective actions on or before the date specified by the Minister under paragraph (1)(b).

[604.185 to 604.196 reserved]

Division XI — Operations Manual

General Requirement

• 604.197 (1) A private operator shall have an operations manual that sets out the processes, practices and procedures applied in the course of its operations. The operations manual shall include a table of contents and shall deal with the following topics:

  • (a) the duties and responsibilities of all operational and maintenance personnel, and the hierarchy and chain of command within management;

  • (b) the organization and operation of the safety management system;

  • (c) personnel training and qualifications;

  • (d) record keeping;

  • (e) the organization and operation of the maintenance control system;

  • (f) procedures for conducting an operation under a special authorization, if applicable;

  • (g) the organization and operation of the operational control system;

  • (h) procedures, if any, relating to minimum equipment lists;

  • (i) the procedures to follow in normal, abnormal and emergency conditions;

  • (j) the private operator’s standard operating procedures, if any;

  • (k) weather restrictions;

  • (l) flight time limits and flight duty period limits;

  • (m) controlled rest on the flight deck;

  • (n) accident and incident response considerations;

  • (o) procedures for dealing with security events;

  • (p) aircraft performance limitations; and

  • (q) the use and protection of records, if any, obtained from flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders.

• (2) The private operator shall ensure that it is possible to verify the currency and validity of each part of its operations manual.

Distribution

• 604.198 (1) A private operator shall provide a copy of its operations manual and a copy of every amendment to that manual to every member of its personnel who is involved in the private operator’s operations.

• (2) Every person who has been provided with a copy of an operations manual under subsection (1) shall keep it up to date by inserting in it the amendments provided and shall ensure that the appropriate parts are accessible when the person is performing assigned duties.

• (3) Despite subsection (1), instead of providing every crew member with a copy of its operations manual and a copy of every amendment to that manual, a private operator may keep an up-to-date copy of the appropriate parts of that manual in each aircraft that it operates.

[604.199 to 604.201 reserved]

Division XII — Safety Management System

Prohibition

604.202 No private operator shall conduct flight operations unless it has a safety management system that meets the requirements of section 604.203.

Components of the Safety Management System

• 604.203 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the private operator’s safety management system shall include the following components:

  • (a) a statement of the overall objectives that are to be achieved by the safety management system;

  • (b) a safety management plan that

    • (i) specifies the duties that are assigned to the private operator’s personnel in respect of the safety management system,

    • (ii) sets out performance goals for the safety management system and a means of measuring the attainment of those goals,

    • (iii) sets out a policy for the internal reporting of aviation-safety-related hazards, incidents and accidents, including the conditions, if any, under which personnel will be protected from disciplinary action,

    • (iv) describes the relationship between the components of the safety management system, and

    • (v) sets out procedures for involving personnel in the establishment of the safety management system;

  • (c) a safety oversight program that includes

    • (i) procedures for managing aviation-safety-related incidents, including their investigation and analysis,

    • (ii) procedures for identifying and managing aviation-safety-related hazards, including the monitoring and risk profiling of those hazards,

    • (iii) a reporting and data collection system for collecting and communicating information relating to aviation-safety-related hazards and incidents that

      • (A) uses a record-keeping system to monitor and analyze aviation safety trends,

      • (B) includes a means of communicating with persons who report issues relating to the safety management system or aviation safety,

      • (C) is capable of generating progress reports for the person responsible for the functional area at intervals that the person determines, and

      • (D) is capable of generating other reports in urgent cases,

    • (iv) procedures for investigating and analyzing aviation-safety-related hazards, incidents and accidents that

      • (A) take into account human, environmental and supervisory factors and organizational elements,

      • (B) make it possible to make findings as to root causes and contributing factors, and

      • (C) make it possible to communicate the findings to the operations manager,

    • (v) risk management analysis procedures that include

      • (A) an analysis of aviation-safety-related hazards,

      • (B) a risk assessment based on risk criteria, and

      • (C) a risk control strategy,

    • (vi) corrective action procedures

      • (A) for determining what corrective actions are necessary, if any, and for carrying out those actions,

      • (B) for keeping a record of any determination made under clause (A) and the reason for that determination, and

      • (C) for monitoring and evaluating, in accordance with the quality assurance program referred to in section 604.206, the effectiveness of any corrective action carried out under clause (A),

    • (vii) procedures for disseminating to personnel, with the approval of the private operator, the following aviation-safety-related information:

      • (A) information relating to an incident,

      • (B) information relating to a hazard analysis, and

      • (C) information relating to the results of a review or audit, and

    • (viii) procedures for sharing, with any person with whom the private operator exchanges services, any information relating to aviation safety;

  • (d) procedures for

    • (i) ensuring that all procedures relating to the safety management system are recorded and disseminated to personnel,

    • (ii) managing and keeping all records and documents resulting from the safety management system,

    • (iii) ensuring that records and reports relating to the safety management system are retained for at least two years, and

    • (iv) reviewing all documents relating to the safety management system and keeping those documents up to date;

  • (e) emergency response procedures that

    • (i) cover all of the activities carried out by the private operator, and

    • (ii) ensure that the duties relating to those procedures are assigned to the appropriate personnel;

  • (f) the quality assurance program referred to in section 604.206; and

  • (g) the process for conducting a review of the safety management system under section 604.207.

• (2) The safety management system of a private operator who has no employees is not required to include the components referred to in the following provisions:

  • (a) subparagraphs (1)(b)(iii) and (v);

  • (b) clause (1)(c)(iii)(B);

  • (c) subparagraph (1)(c)(vii);

  • (d) subparagraph (1)(d)(i); and

  • (e) subparagraph (1)(e)(ii).