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604.100 Flight duty period may be extended by one half of the length of the rest period, to a maximum of four hours, if

• (a) before a flight crew member reports for the first flight or reports as a flight crew member on standby, as the case may be, the private operator provides the flight crew member with notice of the extension of the flight duty period;

• (b) the private operator provides the flight crew member with a rest period of at least four consecutive hours in suitable accommodation; and

• (c) the flight crew member’s next minimum rest period is increased by an amount of time at least equal to the length of the extension of the flight duty period.

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• 700.42 (1) Despite section 700.40, an air operator shall provide a flight crew member with the following rest periods when their flight duty period ends away from home base:

  • (a) 11 consecutive hours in suitable accommodation, if the local time at the location where the flight duty period began differs by four hours from the local time at the location where the flight duty period ends; and

  • (b) 14 consecutive hours in suitable accommodation, if the local time at the location where the flight duty period began differs by more than four hours from the local time at the location where the flight duty period ends.

• (2) Despite section 700.40, an air operator shall provide a flight crew member with the following rest periods when their flight duty period begins at a location that is in a time zone other than the time zone in which home base is located and ends at home base:

  • (a) 13 consecutive hours, if the local time at the location where the flight duty period began differs by four hours from the local time at home base and the member has been away from home base for more than 36 consecutive hours;

  • (b) if the local time at the location where the flight duty period began differs by more than 4 but not more than 10 hours from the local time at home base, and

    • (i) the member has been away from home base for 60 consecutive hours or less and no part of the flight duty period occurs during any part of the member’s window of circadian low, one local night’s rest before the beginning of the next flight duty period, or

    • (ii) the member has been away from home base for more than 60 consecutive hours, or any part of the flight duty period occurs within any part of the member’s window of circadian low, two local nights’ rest before the beginning of the next flight duty period; or

  • (c) if the local time at the location where the flight duty period began differs by more than 10 hours from the local time at home base and

    • (i) the member has been away from home base for 60 consecutive hours or less, two local nights’ rest before the beginning of the next flight duty period, or

    • (ii) the member has been away from home base for more than 60 consecutive hours, three local nights’ rest before the beginning of the next flight duty period.

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• 705.27 (1) Where a Department of Transport air carrier inspector presents an official identity card to the pilot-in-command of an aircraft, the pilot-in-command shall give the inspector free and uninterrupted access to the flight deck of the aircraft.

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• (3) An air operator shall ensure that only the following persons are admitted to the flight deck of an aircraft:

  • (a) a crew member;

• (4) An air operator shall not authorize a person referred to in column I of the table to this section to access the flight deck of an aircraft operating in domestic service unless the access would not have an adverse effect on aviation safety and the air operator has verified

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• (5) An air operator that authorizes access to the flight deck of an aircraft shall keep a record of the following information for two years after the day on which access is authorized:

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  • (c) the date of the flight and flight number.

• (6) Before each flight, an air operator shall notify the pilot-in-command of the identity of the persons who the operator has authorized to access the flight deck of an aircraft.

• (7) Before admitting a person authorized under subsection (4) to the flight deck of an aircraft, the pilot-in-command shall verify the identity of the person by means of the documents referred to in paragraph 4(b).

• (8) A person authorized under subsection (4) who is admitted to the flight deck of an aircraft may only occupy an observer seat.

• (9) The pilot-in-command may refuse access to the flight deck of an aircraft if they are of the opinion that there would be an adverse effect on aviation safety.

• (10) The air operator shall set out, in its company operations manual, procedures respecting

  • (a) the granting of authorization to access the flight deck;

  	Column I	Column II	Column III	Column IV
  Item	Person	Employer	Mandatory Identification Documents	Other Identification Documents
  3	Flight attendant, flight engineer or a person who has expertise related to the aircraft, its equipment or its crew members and who is required to be on the flight deck to provide a service to the air operator		Valid piece of photo identification issued by the employer	One of the following valid documents: [...] (c) Flight engineer licence with a valid Category 1 or 2 medical certificate; or
  4	Air operator employee	Air operator that authorized the access to the flight deck	Valid piece of photo identification issued by the employer	One of the following valid documents:

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• 521.46 (1) An applicant for a type certificate in respect of an aeronautical product who intends to conduct a test flight and who has the resources, personnel and facilities for conducting a test flight shall establish and maintain a test flight operations manual that is appropriate to the size, nature and complexity of the test flight operations and that contains

  • (a) a statement signed by the person responsible for the test flight operations certifying that the test flight operations are being carried out in accordance with the policies and procedures set out in the manual and in any document incorporated into that manual;

  • (b) a description of the system used by the applicant to supervise the test flight operations;

  • (c) a description of the system used by the applicant to manage matters relating to safety and risk during the conduct of a test flight;

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  • (e) a description of how the configuration of an aircraft used in a test flight is defined and how a change to that configuration is documented;

  • (f) a description of the qualification, training and currency requirements of the test flight crew members;

  • (g) a description of the test flight planning procedures; and

  • (h) duty time limitations for test flight crew members.

• (2) The person responsible for test flight operations shall submit the test flight operations manual and any amendment to the manual to the Minister for approval.

• (3) The Minister shall approve the test flight operations manual and any amendment to the manual if they meet the requirements set out in this section.

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• 401.03 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall act as a flight crew member or exercise the privileges of a flight crew permit, licence or rating unless

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• (2) A person who holds a military flight crew permit, licence or rating or a flight crew permit, licence or rating issued by a contracting state other than Canada may act as a flight crew member or exercise the privileges of a flight crew permit, licence or rating for the sole purpose of the person’s flight test where

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