Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)

700.52 (1) If an air operator advises a flight crew member of a delay in the member’s reporting time before the member leaves their suitable accommodation to report for duty, the duration of the flight duty period shall, for the purposes of determining the maximum flight duty period in accordance with section 700.28, be calculated starting from either the initial reporting time or the delayed reporting time, whichever results in the shorter period.

(2) Despite subsection (1), the flight duty period shall begin, if the delay in the reporting time

• (a) is less than four hours, at the delayed reporting time; or

• (b) is four hours or more but less than 10 hours, four hours after the initial reporting time.

(3) If the delay in the reporting time is 10 hours or more, the duration of the delay is considered to be a rest period if the air operator advises the flight crew member of the delay before they leave the suitable accommodation, and does not disturb their rest period before an agreed time.

(4) Unless the air operator and flight crew member agree on a time when the air operator may disturb the member’s rest period referred to in subsection (3), the air operator shall not interrupt the member’s rest period other than

• (a) during the 30-minute period before the time the member was initially scheduled to leave the suitable accommodation; or

• (b) during the 60-minute period before the initial reporting time.