Commercial and Business Aviation Advisory Circulars

Full Implementation of Restricted Canada Air Pilot

INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this Commercial and Business Aviation Advisory Circular (CBAAC) is to inform commercial air operators, private operators and other interested parties of: (1) the full implementation of the NAV CANADA publication, “Restricted Canada Air Pilot” (RCAP); and (2) the retirement of the ‘route and approach inventory’, and of the ‘specific instrument approach procedures’ that may still be attached to some operations specifications.

APPLICABILITY

This CBAAC applies to commercial air operators, private operators, NAV CANADA, Transport Canada Civil Aviation, Commercial & Business Aviation Branch, and Aerodromes & Air Navigation Branch.

REFERENCES

• CBAAC 0229 - Restricted Canada Air Pilot.
   
• Subsection 602.128(1) of the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs); “No pilot-in-command of an IFR [Instrument Flight Rules] aircraft shall conduct an instrument approach procedure except in accordance with the minima specified in the Canada Air Pilot or the route and approach inventory.”

BACKGROUND

The RCAP, was first published by NAV CANADA on June 10, 2004. It was implemented with a transition period that was to end July 7, 2005.

This transition period was extended to September 1, 2005, as was its accompaning regulatory exemption to subsection 602.128(1) of the CARs valid from June 10, 2004 to May 11, 2005.

The purpose of the transition period was to provide the time to migrate to the RCAP all the restricted instrument procedures that were published in the ‘route and approach inventory’ and the ‘specific instrument approach procedures’ that were attached to various operations specifications.

Furthermore, the transition period provided the time needed for the interested parties to conform to this change.

POLICY

Effective September 2, 2005:

• The Canada Air Pilot and the RCAP are the only two Canadian publications that will contain instrument procedures with authorized minima.
   
• All route and approach inventory instrument procedures, and specific instrument approach procedures attached to operations specifications are no longer authorized.
   
• All minima not published by NAV CANADA are not authorized. All copies of instrument procedures from the ‘route and approach inventory’ or those attached to the operations specifications are no longer authorized.
   
• The RCAP restricted instrument procedures are restricted for use to the holders of air operator certificates, foreign air operator certificates and private operator certificates, who also hold the appropriate operations specification. Each restricted instrument procedure will specify what operations specification is required for its use.
   
• Commercial air operators, private operators and pilots-in-command must comply with all the requirements stated on a restricted instrument procedure.
   
• The RCAP is enabled by a new regulatory exemption to subsection 602.128(1) of the CARs.
   
• CBAAC 0229 is cancelled effective September 2, 2005.

FUTURE DISPOSITION

This CBAAC will remain in effect pending promulgation of new regulations to enable the use of the minima published in the RCAP.