On April 24 2019, at the CARAC Plenary session, Transport Canada looked back on it’s 2018-2019 Regulatory progress and looked forward to its regulatory initiatives under development. On the list of To-Do’s, moving forward [and relevant to the Canadian helicopter community] are:
- Safety Management Systems (SMS) [for All Part VII operators including CAR 702, 703 and 704 operators]
- Laser Attacks Strategy 2.0
- Impairment/Cannabis
- Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) – Advancing Commercial Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight RPAS Operations in Canada
- Labour Shortage in the Aviation Industry
- Civil Aviation Regulatory Modernization
- Transport Canada Modernization of Fees
Spring 2019 – Canada Gazette, Part I Consultations
- Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELT)
- Enforcement of Manuals, Plans and Procedures – Regulatory Review
Spring 2019 – Canada Gazette, Part II Publications
- Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVR)
Early 2020 – Canada Gazette, Part I Consultations
- Modernization of Fees – New Fees for Aeronautical Product Approvals (CAR 104, Schedule V)
- Use of Battery-powered Hand-held Lasers
- Aircraft Identification & Registration (Regulatory Review)
2020-2022 – Canada Gazette, Part I Consultations
- Approved Training Organizations (ATO)
- Approach Ban
- Lightweight Data Recorders (LDR)
- Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) – Low-risk Commercial Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight Operations
- Night Vision Imaging Systems (NVIS)
- Modernization of Fees – CAR 104 (Schedules I, II, III, IV, VI and VII)
- Personnel Training, Qualifications & Licensing
- Aircraft Operations (including helicopters/rotorcraft) – Commercial Operations- General
- Aircraft Certification & Airworthiness
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