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604.179 The component of the training program for flight attendants shall include the following elements:

• (a) the roles and responsibilities of the private operator and crew members;

• (b) the coordination of crew member duties and crew resource management;

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• (d) the content of the briefings given to passengers and crew members;

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• (h) requirements and procedures relating to seats and restraint systems for passengers and crew members;

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• (o) procedures relating to passenger and crew member safety during periods of in-flight turbulence;

• (p) procedures for entering the flight deck and for serving beverages and meals to flight crew members;

• (q) procedures for dealing with the incapacitation of a crew member;

• (r) the location and operation of, and any safety instructions relating to, the various types of cabin exits and the flight deck escape routes;

• (s) the operation of cabin systems and of safety and emergency equipment by flight attendants in normal and abnormal conditions;

• (t) the actions to be taken with respect to the equipment identified on the minimum equipment list and intended for use by flight attendants;

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• (y) procedures for the evacuation of passengers and crew members; and

• (z) training that includes the performance of the following emergency procedures:

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  • (iii) the operation and use of the emergency exits on each type of aircraft to which the flight attendant will be assigned,

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  • (v) if the flight attendants will be assigned to an aircraft equipped with life preservers, the donning and inflation of life preservers,

  • (vi) if the flight attendants will be assigned to an aircraft equipped with an evacuation slide, the identification of the location of the manual inflation handle and the disconnect handle, and an evacuation using the slide,

  • (vii) if the flight attendants will be assigned to an aircraft equipped with either first aid oxygen equipment or portable oxygen equipment, the operation and use of that equipment,

  • (viii) if the flight attendants will be assigned to an aircraft equipped with life rafts, the removal of life rafts from the stowage compartment and the deployment, inflation and boarding of life rafts, and

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• 700.63 (1) If the pilot-in-command is of the opinion that an unforeseen operational circumstance that occurs within 60 minutes of the beginning of the flight duty period could lead to a level of fatigue that may adversely affect the safety of the flight, the pilot-in-command may, after consulting with all crew members on their level of fatigue,

  • (a) reduce a flight crew member’s flight duty period;

  • (b) extend a flight crew member’s flight duty period by the following number of hours in excess of the maximum flight duty period set out in section 700.28 or subsection 700.60(1) by

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    • (ii) two hours, if the flight crew is not augmented,

    • (iii) three hours, if the flight crew is augmented and there is one flight during the scheduled flight duty period, and

    • (iv) two hours, if the flight crew is augmented and there are two or three flights during the scheduled flight duty period; or

  • (c) extend a flight crew member’s rest period.

• (2) If a further unforeseen operational circumstance arises after take-off on the final flight for which the maximum flight duty period was extended under subsection (1), the pilot-in-command may, despite that subsection, continue the flight to the destination aerodrome or to an alternate aerodrome.

• (3) An air operator shall extend the rest period after a flight duty period is extended under this section by an amount of time that is at least equal to the extension of the flight duty period.

• (4) At the end of a flight duty period, the pilot-in-command shall notify the air operator of any change to a flight duty period made under this section.

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• 705.80 (1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), no person shall operate an aeroplane in respect of which an initial type certificate was issued after January 1, 1958 unless the aeroplane is equipped with

  • (a) in the case of a passenger-carrying aeroplane,

    • (i) a door between the flight deck and the passenger compartment, and

    • (ii) if the aeroplane is equipped with a crew rest facility having an entry from the flight deck and a separate entry from the passenger compartment, a door between the crew rest facility and the passenger compartment; and

  • (b) in the case of an all-cargo aeroplane that was equipped with a flight deck door on January 15, 2002,

    • (i) a door between the flight deck and a compartment occupied by a person, and

    • (ii) if the aeroplane is equipped with a crew rest facility having an entry from the flight deck and a separate entry from a compartment occupied by a person, a door between the crew rest facility and the compartment.

• (2) The doors required by subsection (1) shall be equipped with a locking device that can be unlocked only from inside the flight deck or the crew rest facility, as the case may be.

• (3) A key shall be readily available to each crew member for each door that separates a passenger compartment or a compartment occupied by a person from an emergency exit, with the exception of a door required by subsection (1).

• (4) No crew member, except a flight crew member, shall have a key to a door required by subsection (1) at any time from the moment the passenger entry doors are closed in preparation for departure until they are opened on arrival unless the locking device required by subsection (2) is installed and locked.

• (5) No person shall operate an aeroplane that is required by subsection (1) to be equipped with a door unless

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  • (b) the locking device required by subsection (2) and any other system used to control access to the flight deck can be operated from each flight crew member position.

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• 700.206 (1) An air operator shall send a notice of intent to the Minister that includes

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  • (b) a description of the flight that will be subject to an exemption referred to in section 700.200;

  • (c) the provisions of these Regulations from which the air operator and flight crew members will be exempt;

  • (d) a description of the manner in which the flight will be conducted results in a variance from the requirements of the provisions referred to in paragraph (c);

  • (e) the scientific studies used to demonstrate that the variance referred to in paragraph (d) is not likely to have an adverse effect on the levels of fatigue and alertness of flight crew members;

  • (f) the expected day on which the exemption referred to in section 700.200 will first apply to the flight and, in the case of a flight that is not conducted year-round, the expected period during which the exemption referred to in that section will apply to the flight;

  • (g) a description of the safety case that will be developed for the flight;

• (2) The air operator may include in the notice of intent more than one flight if

  • (a) the duration of the flight duty period is the same for all flights;

  • (b) all flights have the same number of consecutive flight duty periods;

  • (c) the flight duty periods for the flights start within 60 minutes of each other;

  • (d) the duration of any part of a flight duty period that occurs within the flight crew members’ window of circadian low is the same for all flights;

  • (e) all flights have the same number of consecutive flight duty periods that occur during any part of the flight crew members’ window of circadian low;

  • (f) the duration of the rest period before and after each flight duty period is the same for all flights;

  • (g) the time of day during which each rest period is taken is similar for all flights;

  • (h) the flights are conducted in the same time zone or across the same number of time zones in the same direction by flight crew members who are all acclimatized to the same time zone;

  • (i) the flights are conducted with the same aircraft type;

  • (j) the flights are conducted with the same number of flight crew members;

  • (k) the operating environments are similar for all flights; and

  • (l) the hazards and risks are similar for all flights.

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• 700.102 (1) An air operator shall not allow a flight crew member to begin a flight duty period if, before the beginning of the period, the member advises the air operator that they are fatigued to the extent that they are not fit for duty.

• (2) A flight crew member shall advise every other flight crew member and the air operator as soon as the member becomes aware that they have become fatigued during a flight duty period to the extent that they are not fit for duty.

• (3) If there is only one flight crew member on board the aircraft, and the member becomes aware during a flight duty period that they have become fatigued to the extent that they are not fit for duty, they shall advise the air operator immediately or, if the aircraft is in flight, as soon as possible after the aircraft has landed.

• (4) If a person who is assigned by an air operator to act as a flight crew member, or any other person, becomes aware that the assignment would result in the maximum flight time or maximum flight duty period being exceeded, the member or other person shall advise the air operator as soon as possible.

• (5) If a flight crew member or any other person becomes aware that the member was not granted their rest period or time free from duty, the member or other person shall advise the air operator as soon as possible.

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