Canadian Aviation Regulations

604.56 No person shall file a flight plan indicating that an aircraft operated by a private operator can be operated in accordance with reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM) unless

• (a) the private operator is authorized under a special authorization to operate the aircraft in accordance with RVSM;

• (b) every flight crew member has received RVSM training, for which the validity period has not expired, in

  • (i) the floor, ceiling and horizontal boundaries of RVSM airspace,

  • (ii) rules on the exclusion of non-RVSM-compliant aircraft from the airspace,

  • (iii) the procedures to be followed by flight crew members with respect to

    • (A) pre-flight and in-flight altimeter checks,

    • (B) use of the automatic altitude control system,

    • (C) items on the minimum equipment list,

    • (D) in-flight contingencies,

    • (E) weather deviation procedures,

    • (F) track offset procedures for wake turbulence,

    • (G) inconsequential collision-avoidance systems alerts, and

    • (H) pilot level-off call,

  • (iv) procedures relating to non-RVSM-compliant aircraft required to carry out ferry flights, humanitarian flights or delivery flights, and

  • (v) the use of an Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS) and a Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS);

• (c) the aircraft meets the following eligibility requirements set out in Advisory Circular 91–85, entitled Authorization of Aircraft and Operators for Flight in Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum Airspace, published by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States:

  • (i) in respect of aircraft performance, the requirements set out in paragraphs 8c(3), 8c(4), 8c(8), 8d and 10b(5)(d)6, and

  • (ii) in respect of aircraft equipment, the requirements set out in paragraphs 9a to 9d;

• (d) the private operator meets the aircraft continued airworthiness maintenance requirements set out in paragraphs 11d, 11e and 11g of the advisory circular referred to in paragraph (c); and

• (e) the aircraft is equipped with a navigation system that meets the requirements set out in paragraph 1.3.3, subparagraphs 1.3.4a) and b), and paragraph 1.3.5 of NAT Doc 007, entitled Guidance Concerning Air Navigation In and Above the North Atlantic MNPS Airspace, published by ICAO.