Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)

Regulations are current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2012-07-04. Previous Versions

Flight Engineer and Second Officer Qualifications

  • 705.107 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no air operator shall permit a person to act and no person shall act as a flight engineer or a second officer on board an aircraft unless

    • (a) the person holds the licence and endorsements required by Part IV;

    • (b) the air operator has determined, by means of a check in flight or in a flight simulator that has been approved by the Minister under Subpart 6 of Part VI, that the person meets the Commercial Air Service Standards for that type of aircraft, or the person has, within the previous six months, completed at least 50 hours of flight time as a flight engineer on an aircraft of that type;

    • (c) the person has successfully completed or is undergoing line indoctrination training for that type of aircraft, in accordance with the Commercial Air Service Standards; and

    • (d) the person has fulfilled the requirements of the air operator’s training program.

  • (2) A person who is qualified to act as a pilot-in-command or a second-in-command in accordance with section 705.106 may act as a second officer on board an aircraft during the cruise portion of a flight, if

    • (a) the person has received initial and annual recurrent training in normal and emergency procedures pertaining to the cruise portion of the flight, in accordance with the Commercial Air Service Standards; and

    • (b) the air operator has determined, by means of a check, that the person meets the Commercial Air Service Standards for that type of aircraft.

Crew Pairing

705.108 No air operator shall assign a pilot-in-command and a second-in-command to an aircraft unless their combined experience on that type of aircraft meets the Commercial Air Service Standards.

Flight Attendant Qualifications

  • 705.109 (1) No air operator shall permit a person to act and no person shall act as a flight attendant on board an aircraft unless the person

    • (a) has successfully completed the air operator’s training program, except that a person may act as a flight attendant while undergoing line indoctrination training if the person is carried in addition to the number of flight attendants required by section 705.104 and is under the supervision of a flight attendant; and

    • (b) has successfully completed line indoctrination training within 90 days after completing the air operator’s training program or has regained competency in accordance with the Flight Attendant Training Standard.

  • (2) A person who has not completed line indoctrination training within the period specified in paragraph (1)(b) shall requalify in accordance with the Flight Attendant Training Standard.

Flight Dispatcher Qualifications

  • 705.110 (1) No air operator shall permit a person to act and no person shall act as a flight dispatcher unless the person has fulfilled the requirements of the air operator’s training program and, after June 1, 1998, holds a flight dispatcher certificate.

  • (2) An air operator shall notify the Minister whenever a flight dispatcher certificate is issued or becomes invalid.