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• 700.28 (1) An air operator shall not assign a flight duty period to a flight crew member, and a flight crew member shall not accept such an assignment, if the flight duty period exceeds the maximum flight duty period set out in this section.

• (2) If the average duration of all scheduled flights is less than 30 minutes, the maximum period of a flight duty period that begins during a period set out in column 1 of the table to this subsection is the number of hours set out in column 2, 3 or 4, according to the number of flights scheduled during the flight duty period.

  	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
  Item	Start Time of Flight Duty Period	1 to 11 Flights	12 to 17 Flights	18 or More Flights

• (3) If the average duration of all scheduled flights is 30 minutes or more but less than 50 minutes, the maximum period of a flight duty period that begins during a period set out in column 1 of the table to this subsection shall not exceed the number of hours set out in column 2, 3 or 4, according to the number of flights scheduled during the flight duty period.

  	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
  Item	Start Time of Flight Duty Period	1 to 7 Flights	8 to 11 Flights	12 or More Flights

• (4) If the average duration of all scheduled flights is 50 minutes or more, the maximum period of a flight duty period that begins during a period set out in column 1 of the table to this subsection shall not exceed the number of hours set out in column 2, 3 or 4, according to the number of flights scheduled during the flight duty period.

  	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
  Item	Start Time of Flight Duty Period	1 to 4 Flights	5 or 6 Flights	7 or More Flights

• (5) For the purposes of subsections (2) to (4), a flight crew member is considered to be acclimatized if

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• (6) For the purposes of subsections (2) to (4), positioning is not to be considered a flight.

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• (8) The flight duty period for a flight crew member on standby begins at the time at which they report for duty at the location designated by the air operator.

• (9) When all flights are conducted under day VFR, the maximum period of a flight duty period that begins during a period set out in column 1 of the table to this subsection shall not exceed the number of hours set out in column 2.

  	Column 1	Column 2
  Item	Start Time of Flight Duty Period	Maximum Flight Duty Period

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• 401.05 (1) Despite any other provision of this Subpart, no holder of a flight crew permit, licence or rating, other than the holder of a flight engineer licence, shall exercise the privileges of the permit, licence or rating unless

  • (a) the holder has acted as pilot-in-command or co-pilot of an aircraft within the five years preceding the flight; or

  • (b) within the 12 months preceding the flight

    • (i) the holder has completed a flight review, in accordance with the personnel licensing standards, conducted by the holder of a flight instructor rating for the same category of aircraft,

    • (ii) the flight instructor who conducted the flight review has certified in the holder’s personal log that the holder meets the skill requirements for the issuance of the permit or licence set out in the personnel licensing standards, and

• (2) Despite any other provision of this Subpart, no holder of a flight crew permit or licence, other than the holder of a flight engineer licence, shall exercise the privileges of the permit or licence in an aircraft unless the holder

  • (a) has successfully completed a recurrent training program in accordance with the personnel licensing standards within the 24 months preceding the flight; and

  • (b) where a passenger other than a flight test examiner designated by the Minister is carried on board the aircraft, has completed, within the six months preceding the flight,

    • (i) in the case of an aircraft other than a glider or a balloon, in the same category and class of aircraft as the aircraft, or in a Level B, C or D simulator of the same category and class as the aircraft, at least

      • (A) five night or day take-offs and five night or day landings, if the flight is conducted wholly by day, or

      • (B) five night take-offs and five night landings, if the flight is conducted wholly or partly by night,

    • (ii) in the case of a glider, at least

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      • (B) two take-offs and two landings in a glider with the holder of a flight instructor rating — glider and obtained a certification of competence to carry passengers on board a glider from that holder in accordance with the personnel licensing standards, and

    • (iii) in the case of a balloon, at least

      • (A) five landings in a balloon by day and five take-offs in a balloon by day or night, if the flight is conducted by day, or

      • (B) five landings in a balloon by day and five take-offs in a balloon by night, if the flight is conducted partly by night.

• (3) No holder of a Canadian pilot licence endorsed with an instrument rating or to which is attached instrument rating privileges shall exercise the privileges of the instrument rating unless the holder has successfully completed, within the 24 months preceding the flight, one of the following:

  • (a) an instrument rating flight test in an aircraft or in a Level B, C or D simulator of the same group as the aircraft;

  • (b) a Canadian Armed Forces instrument rating flight test;

  • (c) an instrument proficiency check that complies with the applicable requirements of subsection 421.05(1) of Standard 421 – Flight Crew Permits, Licences and Ratings and that

    • (i) consisted of tasks representative of those required by sections 1 to 4 of section 5 of Schedule 8 of Standard 428 – Conduct of Flight Tests,

    • (ii) was conducted in

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      • (B) a flight simulation training device that was approved for instrument rating flight tests and configured for aircraft of the same group as set out in subsection 421.46(1) of Standard 421, and

    • (iii) was conducted by any of the following persons who hold a valid instrument rating for aircraft of the same group as set out in subsection 421.46(1) of Standard 421:

      • (A) a pilot examiner authorized by the Minister to conduct instrument rating flight tests,

  • (d) one of the following competency checks or pilot proficiency checks for which the validity period has not expired and that includes a portion on instrument procedures:

    • (i) a competency check conducted in accordance with the Flight Test Guide — Competency Check (Private Operators), published by the Minister, in the case of aircraft operated under Subpart 4 of Part VI,

• (3.1) No holder of a Canadian pilot licence endorsed with an instrument rating or to which is attached instrument rating privileges shall exercise the privileges of the instrument rating unless, following the first day of the 13th month after the completion date of a test referred to in subsection (3) and within six months before the flight, the holder has

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  • (b) completed six instrument approaches in an aircraft in actual or simulated instrument meteorological conditions, or in a Level B, C or D simulator or an approved flight training device configured for the same category as the aircraft

    • (i) under the supervision of a person who holds the qualifications referred to in subsection 425.21(9) of Standard 425 — Flight Training, or

    • (ii) while acting as a flight instructor conducting training in respect of the endorsement of a flight crew licence or permit with an instrument rating.

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• (4) No holder of a Canadian flight engineer licence shall exercise the privileges set out in section 401.37 unless

  • (a) the holder has acted as flight engineer on board an aircraft within the five years preceding the flight or has met the written examination requirements for the licence within the 12 months preceding the flight; and

  • (b) where a passenger or a trainee is carried on board the aircraft, the holder has, within the six months preceding the flight, acted as flight engineer

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    • (ii) in a synthetic flight trainer for an aircraft of the same type.

• (5) No holder of a Canadian pilot licence endorsed with a second officer rating shall exercise the privileges set out in section 401.53 unless

  • (a) the holder has acted as a second officer on board an aircraft within the five years preceding the flight; and

  • (b) where a passenger or a trainee is carried on board the aircraft, the holder has, within the six months preceding the flight, acted as a second officer in

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    • (ii) a synthetic flight trainer for an aircraft of the same type.

• (6) No holder of a Canadian pilot licence endorsed with a flight instructor rating — ultra-light aeroplane shall exercise the privileges set out in section 401.88 unless

  • (a) the holder has

    • (i) acted as pilot-in-command or co-pilot of an aircraft within the five years preceding the flight, or

    • (ii) met the written examination requirements for the rating within the 12 months preceding the flight;

  • (b) the holder has successfully completed a recurrent training program in accordance with the personnel licensing standards within the 24 months preceding the flight; and

  • (c) the holder has, where a student is carried on board the aeroplane, completed at least five take-offs and five landings in an ultra-light aeroplane of the same control configuration within the six months preceding the flight.

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• 604.169 (1) The ground instruction component of the training program for flight crew members shall include the following elements:

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  • (b) the aircraft systems operation and limitations specified in the aircraft flight manual and, if the private operator has established an aircraft operating manual and standard operating procedures, those specified in that manual and in those procedures;

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  • (l) procedures to avoid Controlled Flight into Terrain (CFIT);

  • (m) if the flight crew members will be assigned to medical evacuation flights (MEDEVAC), emergency procedures specific to medical evacuations, including the evacuation of patients from aircraft; and

• (2) The ground instruction component of the training program for flight crew members shall include training in the performance of the following emergency procedures:

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  • (e) if the flight crew members will be assigned to aircraft equipped with life preservers, the donning and inflation of life preservers;

  • (f) if the flight crew members will be assigned to aircraft equipped with life rafts, the removal of life rafts from the stowage compartment, and the deployment, inflation and boarding of life rafts; and

• (3) If a private operator operates a turbo-jet-powered aeroplane, the ground instruction component of the training program for flight crew members who will operate that aeroplane shall include the following elements:

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• 700.27 (1) An air operator shall not assign flight time to a flight crew member, and a flight crew member shall not accept such an assignment, if the member’s total flight time will, as a result, exceed

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• (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), a flight crew member’s flight time includes

  • (a) the flight time accumulated from other flight operations; and

  • (b) the total flight time of a flight with an augmented flight crew.

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604.101 If a flight crew is augmented by at least one flight crew member, if there is a balanced distribution of flight deck duty time and rest periods among the flight crew members, and if the next minimum rest period is at least equal to the length of the preceding flight duty period, the flight crew’s flight duty period may be extended

• (a) to 17 hours with a maximum flight deck duty time of 12 hours, if a flight relief facility — seat is provided; and

• (b) to 20 hours with a maximum flight deck duty time of 14 hours, if a flight relief facility — bunk is provided.

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