Part VI Changes

CARs Link | Changes Explained (Advisory Circular 700-047)

Old Version:

No operator of an aircraft shall require any person to act as a flight crew member and no person shall act as a flight crew member, if either the person or the operator has any reason to believe, having regard to the circumstances of the particular flight to be undertaken, that the person

(a) is suffering or is likely to suffer from fatigue; or

(b) is otherwise unfit to perform properly the person’s duties as a flight crew member.

New Version:

An operator of an aircraft shall not require any person to act as a flight crew member or to carry out a preflight duty, and a person shall not act as a flight crew member or carry out that duty, if the operator or the person has reason to believe that the person is not, or is not likely to be, fit for duty.

CARs Link | Changes Explained (Advisory Circular 700-047)

Old Version:

No person shall act as a crew member of an aircraft

(a) within eight hours after consuming an alcoholic beverage;

(b) while under the influence of alcohol; or

(c) while using any drug that impairs the person’s faculties to the extent that the safety of the aircraft or of persons on board the aircraft is endangered in any way.

New Version:

No person shall act as a crew member of an aircraft

(a) within 12 hours after consuming an alcoholic beverage;

(b) while under the influence of alcohol; or

(c) while using any drug that impairs the person’s faculties to the extent that the safety of the aircraft or of persons on board the aircraft is endangered in any way.

CARs Link | Changes Explained (Advisory Circular 700-047)

Old Version:

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New Version:

A private operator or an air operator, as the case may be, shall provide a flight crew member with suitable accommodation for rest periods away from home base.

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Old Version:

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New Version:

means the period spent by a flight crew member at a flight crew member position in an aeroplane during flight time

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Old Version:

(1) Flight duty time may be extended by up to three hours if

(a) the pilot-in-command, after consultation with the other flight crew members, considers it safe to do so;

(b) the flight duty time is extended as a result of unforeseen operational circumstances;

(c) the next minimum rest period is increased by an amount of time that is at least equal to the length of the extension of the flight duty time; and

(d) the pilot-in-command notifies the private operator of the unforeseen operational circumstances and of the length of the extension of the flight duty time.

(2) The private operator shall retain a copy of the notification for five years.

New Version:

(1) Flight duty period may be extended by up to three hours if

(a) the pilot-in-command, after consultation with the other flight crew members, considers it safe to do so;

(b) the flight duty period is extended as a result of an unforeseen operational circumstance that occurs after the beginning of the flight duty period;

(c) the next minimum rest period is extended by an amount of time that is at least equal to the length of the extension of the flight duty period; and

(d) the pilot-in-command notifies the private operator of the unforeseen operational circumstances and of the length of the extension of the flight duty period.

(2) The private operator shall retain a copy of the notification for five years.