Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)
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Regulations are current to 2021-02-15 and last amended on 2021-01-01. Previous Versions
Part IV — Personnel Licensing and Training (continued)
Subpart 1 — Flight Crew Permits, Licences and Ratings (continued)
Division I — General (continued)
Issuance and Endorsement of Flight Crew Permits, Licences and Ratings
401.06 (1) Subject to section 6.71 of the Act, the Minister shall, on receipt of an application submitted in the form and manner specified in the personnel licensing standards, issue a flight crew permit or licence to the applicant or endorse the applicant’s flight crew permit or licence with a rating if the applicant provides documentation to the Minister that establishes
(a) the applicant’s citizenship;
(b) that the applicant meets the applicable requirements set out in the personnel licensing standards in respect of
(c) that the applicant has successfully completed, within the applicable period specified in the personnel licensing standards preceding the date of application for the permit, licence or rating, a flight test in accordance with the personnel licensing standards.
(1.1) An application shall also include
(a) in the case of a licence or a permit, one photograph of the applicant that meets the requirements of subsection 421.06(3) of the personnel licensing standards; and
(b) in the case of a licence, documentation establishing that the applicant demonstrated, by means of an evaluation, their ability to speak and understand English or French, or both, at the operational or expert level in accordance with the language proficiency scale set out in the table to subsection 421.06(4) of the personnel licensing standards.
(2) The certification of additional privileges on a permit or licence expires at the end of the period specified on the licence or permit or on receipt of a new permit or licence granting those privileges, whichever is earlier.
(3) The Minister shall extend the validity period of a flight instructor rating for a period of not more than 90 days beginning on the day on which the rating would otherwise expire, if
- SOR/2003-129, s. 6
- SOR/2006-352, s. 6
- SOR/2008-122, s. 1
- SOR/2008-140, s. 2
- SOR/2019-119, s. 14
Validation of Foreign Licences
401.07 (1) Subject to section 6.71 of the Act, if the holder of a foreign flight crew licence issued by a contracting state other than Canada meets the applicable requirements set out in the personnel licensing standards and does not reside in Canada, the Minister shall, on receipt of an application submitted in the form and manner set out in those standards, issue a foreign licence validation certificate to the holder of the licence.
(2) The Minister shall, in accordance with the personnel licensing standards, specify in a foreign licence validation certificate the privileges that may be exercised by the holder of the certificate.
- SOR/2001-49, s. 6
- SOR/2008-140, s. 3
Personal Logs
401.08 (1) Every applicant for, and every holder of, a flight crew permit, licence or rating shall maintain a personal log in accordance with subsection (2) and with the personnel licensing standards for the documentation of
(2) A personal log that is maintained for the purposes referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) shall contain the holder’s name and the following information in respect of each flight:
(a) the date of the flight;
(b) the type of aircraft and its registration mark;
(c) the flight crew position in which the holder acted;
(d) the flight conditions with respect to day, night, VFR and IFR;
(e) in the case of a flight in an aeroplane or helicopter, the place of departure and the place of arrival;
(f) in the case of a flight in an aeroplane, all of the intermediate take-offs and landings;
(g) the flight time;
(h) in the case of a flight in a glider, the method of launch used for the flight; and
(i) in the case of a flight in a balloon, the method of inflation used for the flight.
(3) No person shall make an entry in a personal log unless the person
- SOR/2001-49, s. 7
Credits towards Requirements for a Flight Crew Permit, Licence or Rating
401.09 The Minister shall, in accordance with the personnel licensing standards, credit the flight time acquired by a person in acting as a flight crew member towards the issuance of the person’s flight crew permit or licence or the endorsement of the person’s flight crew licence or permit with a rating.
401.10 [Reserved, SOR/2014-15, s. 3]
Airline Transport Licence — Training Program and Recording of Time
401.11 (1) No person shall record in a personal log the flight time acquired by a co-pilot while acting as pilot-in-command under supervision, unless the flight time
(a) was acquired in accordance with an airline transport pilot licence training program approved by the Minister pursuant to subsection (2) and carried out in accordance with the personnel licensing standards; and
(b) is recorded in the personal log in accordance with the personnel licensing standards.
(2) The Minister shall approve a training program referred to in paragraph (1)(a) if the applicable requirements set out in the personnel licensing standards are met.
- SOR/98-530, s. 2
Validity of Flight Crew Permits and Licences
401.12 (1) A flight crew permit or licence that is issued in the form of a booklet label is not valid unless
(2) The validity period of a flight crew permit or licence that is issued in the form of a booklet label starts on the day on which it is issued and ends on the expiry date of the aviation document booklet in which it is affixed.
(3) The expiry date of an aviation document booklet that has a flight crew permit affixed in it but does not have a flight crew licence affixed in it is the first day of the 121st month following the day on which the booklet was issued.
(4) The expiry date of an aviation document booklet that has a flight crew licence affixed in it is
(a) the first day of the 121st month following the day on which the booklet was issued, if the application for the licence included documentation establishing that the holder demonstrated an expert level ability during their language proficiency evaluation; or
(b) the first day of the 121st month following the day on which the holder’s language proficiency evaluation was conducted, if the application for the licence included documentation establishing that the holder demonstrated an operational level ability during the evaluation.
(5) A flight crew permit or licence that was not issued in the form of a booklet label and is listed in column 1 of the table this subsection is valid until the day set out in column 2.
Table
Column 1 Column 2 Item Flight Crew Permit or Licence Expiry Date 1 Airline transport pilot licence — aeroplane June 30, 2010 2 Airline transport pilot licence — helicopter June 30, 2010 3 Commercial pilot licence — aeroplane June 30, 2010 4 Commercial pilot licence — helicopter June 30, 2010 5 Private pilot licence — aeroplane June 30, 2010 6 Private pilot licence — helicopter June 30, 2010 7 Flight engineer licence June 30, 2010 8 Pilot licence — glider December 31, 2010 9 Pilot licence — balloon December 31, 2010 10 Pilot permit — recreational December 31, 2010 11 Pilot permit — gyroplane December 31, 2010 12 Pilot permit — ultra-light aeroplane December 31, 2010
- SOR/2010-26, s. 4
- SOR/2019-119, s. 15
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