Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)

Carrying Out a Demonstration of Emergency Evacuation Procedures

• 604.224 (1) A private operator who carries out a demonstration of its emergency evacuation procedures for a model of aeroplane shall

  • (a) do so without passengers;

  • (b) do so with flight attendants who have completed the private operator’s training program for that model of aeroplane; and

  • (c) begin the demonstration using the private operator’s normal procedures, then transition to its emergency procedures.

• (2) The demonstration is successful if the flight attendants can, within 15 seconds after the transition from the private operator’s normal procedures to its emergency procedures,

  • (a) open 50% of the floor-level emergency exits that are required by the certification basis established in respect of the model of aeroplane;

  • (b) open 50% of the non-floor-level emergency exits the opening of which is set out as an emergency evacuation duty in the private operator’s operations manual; and

  • (c) deploy 50% of the escape slides.

• (3) The private operator shall record the demonstration using time-encoded video and keep the recording for at least five years after the day on which the demonstration is carried out.

Extended Over-water Operations

• 604.225 (1) If a private operator decides to operate an aeroplane to carry passengers in extended over-water operations and the aeroplane is required to have survival equipment under section 602.63, the private operator shall carry out a demonstration of its ditching emergency evacuation procedures for the model of that aeroplane before starting the extended over-water operations.

• (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of an aeroplane that is configured for fewer than 20 passenger seats.

Carrying Out a Demonstration of Emergency Evacuation Procedures — Ditching

• 604.226 (1) A private operator who carries out a demonstration of its ditching emergency evacuation procedures for a model of aeroplane shall

  • (a) use an aeroplane of that model, a life-sized mock-up of that model of aeroplane or a floating device;

  • (b) assume that the ditching occurs during daylight hours and that all required crew members are available;

  • (c) ensure that passengers are on board and participate in the demonstration if the private operator’s operations manual requires passengers to assist in the launching of life rafts;

  • (d) ensure that, after the ditching signal has been received, each evacuee dons a life preserver;

  • (e) ensure that each life raft is removed from its stowage compartment;

  • (f) ensure that, as applicable, one life raft or one slide raft is inflated; and

  • (g) ensure that each evacuee boards the life raft or slide raft and that a crew member assigned to the life raft or slide raft indicates the location of the required survival equipment and describes the use of that equipment.

• (2) A life-sized mock-up of a model of aeroplane or a floating device must

  • (a) be representative of the passenger cabin of the model of aeroplane;

  • (b) contain seats for all of the evacuees participating in the demonstration;

  • (c) be equipped with the same survival equipment that is installed on the model of aeroplane, including a life preserver for each evacuee participating in the demonstration;

  • (d) have emergency exits and doors that simulate those on the model of aeroplane; and

  • (e) have enough wing area installed outside the window emergency exits to simulate the portions of the wings of the model of aeroplane that would be used in a ditching situation.

• (3) The private operator shall record the demonstration using time-encoded video and keep the recording for at least five years after the day on which the demonstration is carried out.

[604.227 to 604.239 reserved]

Embarking and Disembarking of Passengers

• 604.240 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a private operator who operates an aeroplane to carry passengers shall ensure that all flight attendants assigned to a flight using that aeroplane are on board during passenger embarkation and disembarkation.

• (2) In the case of a flight to which more than one flight attendant is assigned, the private operator may reduce the number of flight attendants by one during passenger embarkation if

  • (a) the flight attendant who leaves the aeroplane remains within the immediate vicinity of the door through which passengers are embarking and carries out safety-related duties for the flight;

  • (b) the engines used for the propulsion of the aeroplane are not running; and

  • (c) at least one floor-level exit remains open to provide for passenger egress.

• (3) In the case of a flight to which more than one flight attendant is assigned, the private operator may reduce the number of flight attendants during passenger disembarkation if

  • (a) the engines used for the propulsion of the aeroplane are not running;

  • (b) at least one floor-level exit remains open to provide for passenger egress; and

  • (c) half of the required number of flight attendants — rounded down to the next lower number in the case of fractions, but never less than one — remain on board.

• (4) Paragraphs (2)(b) and (3)(a) do not apply in respect of an engine on a propeller-driven aeroplane if

  • (a) the engine has a propeller brake;

  • (b) the propeller brake is set; and

  • (c) the aeroplane flight manual indicates that the engine may be used as an auxiliary power unit.

• (5) The private operator shall ensure that, during passenger embarkation and disembarkation,

  • (a) if only one flight attendant is on board, he or she remains in the vicinity of the door through which passengers are embarking or disembarking; and

  • (b) if more than one flight attendant is on board, they are evenly distributed in the passenger cabin and are in the vicinity of the floor-level exits.

Emergency Evacuation — Before and During Surface Movement

604.241 A private operator shall, for each aeroplane in its fleet that is configured to carry 20 or more passengers, have procedures to ensure that

• (a) at least one floor-level exit provides for passenger egress before the movement of the aeroplane on the surface; and

• (b) every automatically deployable means of emergency passenger evacuation is ready for immediate use during the movement of the aeroplane on the surface.

Single-aisle Aeroplane

604.242 Despite section 605.09, no person shall conduct a take-off in a single-aisle aeroplane that is carrying passengers unless all emergency exits and escape slides are operative.

Standardization

604.243 No private operator shall operate an aeroplane that is configured to carry 20 or more passengers unless the emergency equipment, the stowage locations for emergency equipment and the emergency procedures are standardized for all aeroplanes in the private operator’s fleet that are configured to carry 20 or more passengers.

Subpart 5 — Aircraft Requirements

Application

• 605.01 (1) This Subpart applies to

  • (a) persons operating Canadian aircraft other than ultra-light aeroplanes, hang gliders or remotely piloted aircraft; and

  • (b) persons operating foreign aircraft in Canada, other than remotely piloted aircraft, if those persons are Canadian citizens, permanent residents or corporations incorporated by or under the laws of Canada or a province.

• (2) The following requirements apply to persons operating foreign aircraft, other than persons referred to in paragraph (1)(b), while those aircraft are operated in Canada:

  • (a) the requirement to carry a flight authority on board the aircraft in accordance with section 605.03;

  • (b) the requirement that an aircraft be equipped with transponder and automatic pressure-altitude reporting equipment in accordance with section 605.35;

  • (c) the requirement that an aircraft be equipped with one or more ELTs in accordance with section 605.38; and

  • (d) radiocommunication and radio navigation equipment requirements that are specific to the aircraft and types of flight referred to in sections 605.14 to 605.21.

[605.02 reserved]

Division I — Aircraft Requirements — General

Flight Authority

• 605.03 (1) No person shall operate an aircraft in flight unless

  • (a) a flight authority is in effect in respect of the aircraft;

  • (b) the aircraft is operated in accordance with the conditions set out in the flight authority; and

  • (c) subject to subsections (2) and (3), the flight authority is carried on board the aircraft.

• (2) Where a specific-purpose flight permit has been issued pursuant to section 507.04, an aircraft may be operated without the flight authority carried on board where

  • (a) the flight is conducted in Canadian airspace; and

  • (b) an entry is made into the journey log indicating

    • (i) that the aircraft is operating under a specific-purpose flight permit, and

    • (ii) where applicable, any operational conditions that pertain to flight operations under the specific-purpose flight permit.

• (3) A balloon may be operated without the flight authority carried on board where the flight authority is immediately available to the pilot-in-command

  • (a) prior to commencing a flight; and

  • (b) on completion of the flight.

Availability of Aircraft Flight Manual

• 605.04 (1) No person shall conduct a take-off in an aircraft, for which an aircraft flight manual is required by the applicable standards of airworthiness, unless the aircraft flight manual or, if an aircraft operating manual has been established under section 604.37 or Part VII, the aircraft operating manual is available to the flight crew members at their duty stations.

• (2) The aircraft flight manual or, if an aircraft operating manual has been established under section 604.37 or Part VII, those parts of the aircraft flight manual that are incorporated into the aircraft operating manual shall include all the amendments and supplementary material that are applicable to the aircraft type.

Markings and Placards

605.05 No person shall conduct a take-off in an aircraft in respect of which markings or placards are required by the applicable standards of airworthiness unless the markings or placards are affixed to the aircraft or attached to a component of the aircraft in accordance with those standards.

Aircraft Equipment Standards and Serviceability

605.06 No person shall conduct a take-off in an aircraft, or permit another person to conduct a take-off in an aircraft in their custody and control, unless the aircraft equipment required by these Regulations

• (a) meets the applicable standards of airworthiness; and

• (b) is serviceable and, where required by operational circumstances, functioning, except if otherwise provided in section 605.08, 605.09 or 605.10.

Minimum Equipment Lists

• 605.07 (1) The Minister may, in accordance with the MMEL/MEL Policy and Procedures Manual, establish a master minimum equipment list for each type of aircraft.

• (2) The Minister may supplement a master minimum equipment list that has been issued by the competent authority of a foreign state in respect of a type of aircraft where necessary to ensure compliance with the MMEL/MEL Policy and Procedures Manual.

• (3) Where a master minimum equipment list has been established for an aircraft type pursuant to subsection (1) or supplemented pursuant to subsection (2), the Minister shall approve a minimum equipment list in respect of each operator of that type of aircraft, if the requirements set out in the MMEL/MEL Policy and Procedures Manual are met.

Unserviceable and Removed Equipment — General

• 605.08 (1) Despite subsection (2) and sections 605.09 and 605.10, no person shall conduct a take-off in an aircraft that has equipment that is not serviceable or from which equipment has been removed if, in the opinion of the pilot-in-command, aviation safety is affected.

• (2) Despite sections 605.09 and 605.10, a person may conduct a take-off in an aircraft that has equipment that is not serviceable or from which equipment has been removed where the aircraft is operated in accordance with the conditions of a flight permit that has been issued specifically for that purpose.