Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)

Units That Provide Air Traffic Services in English and French

801.24 An ATS unit set out in column 1 of the table to this section shall provide air traffic advisory services, relay services of IFR traffic control messages and air traffic control services in the languages set out in columns 2 to 4, respectively.

Units That Provide Aeronautical Radiocommunication Services in English

801.25 All ATS units and FS units shall provide aeronautical radiocommunication services in English.

[801.26 to 801.29 reserved]

Division IV — Training and Competency of Flight Service Specialists

Prohibition and Training

• 801.30 (1) No holder of an ATS operations certificate shall permit a person to act as a flight service specialist at an ATS unit that the holder operates, and no person shall act as a flight service specialist, unless the person

  • (a) has successfully completed

    • (i) training that has been accepted by the Minister in the performance of the functions of a flight service specialist, and

    • (ii) a safety-related initial training course on human and organizational factors; and

  • (b) has been certified by the holder of the certificate as being competent to perform those functions.

• (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a person who, under supervision, acts as a flight service specialist while undergoing

  • (a) instruction, training or testing in respect of flight service specialist certification; or

  • (b) FS unit familiarization in the course of the person’s employment.

• (3) The holder of an ATS operations certificate shall

  • (a) maintain, for each person who acts as a flight service specialist, a training record showing the place where and the date on which the person successfully completed the training referred to in paragraph (1)(a); and

  • (b) at the request of the Minister, provide the Minister with a copy of the training record of any person acting as a flight service specialist at an ATS unit that the holder of the certificate operates.

[801.31 to 801.39 reserved]

Division V — Separation

Wake Turbulence Separation

801.40 An air traffic controller shall establish and maintain wake turbulence separation between aircraft, in accordance with the requirements of section 821.40 of Standard 821 — Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards, if

• (a) one aircraft takes off from the same airport as another aircraft or from an adjacent airport; or

• (b) one of the aircraft is flying at an altitude of less than 1,000 feet below a preceding aircraft.

Airport Separation

801.41 An air traffic controller shall establish and maintain air traffic control separation between aircraft at a controlled aerodrome, in accordance with the requirements of section 821.41 of Standard 821 — Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards, if one of the aircraft is operating on the manoeuvring area, taking off or landing.

Initial IFR Separation on Departure

801.42 Unless ATS surveillance separation under section 821.06 of Standard 821 — Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards is applied, an air traffic controller shall, on departure, establish and maintain an initial IFR air traffic control separation, in accordance with the requirements of section 821.42 of that standard, between

• (a) IFR aircraft;

• (b) CVFR aircraft; and

• (c) an IFR aircraft and a CVFR aircraft.

CMNPS Separation

801.43 An air traffic controller shall establish and maintain, within Canadian minimum navigation performance specifications (CMNPS) airspace and the CMNPS transition area, air traffic control separation, in accordance with the requirements of section 821.43 of Standard 821 — Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards, between aircraft that can be operated in accordance with CMNPS.

RNPC Separation

801.44 An air traffic controller shall establish and maintain, within required navigation performance capability (RNPC) airspace, air traffic control separation, in accordance with the requirements of section 821.44 of Standard 821 — Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards, between aircraft that can be operated in accordance with RNPC.

Separation — Class F Airspace and Restricted Airspace

801.45 An air traffic controller shall establish and maintain air traffic control separation, in accordance with the requirements of section 821.45 of Standard 821 — Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards, between Class F airspace or restricted airspace and an IFR aircraft or CVFR aircraft.

Separation — Photographic Survey Flights

801.46 An air traffic controller shall establish and maintain air traffic control separation, in accordance with the requirements of section 821.46 of Standard 821 — Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards, between an aircraft used to conduct photographic survey flights and an IFR aircraft or CVFR aircraft.

Separation — Altitude Reservations

801.47 An air traffic controller shall establish and maintain air traffic control separation, in accordance with the requirements of section 821.47 of Standard 821 — Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards, between

• (a) altitude reservations; and

• (b) an altitude reservation and an IFR aircraft or CVFR aircraft.

Military IFR Aircraft Separation — Formation Flights

801.48 An air traffic controller shall establish and maintain air traffic control separation, in accordance with the requirements of section 821.48 of Standard 821 — Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards, between a formation flight conducted by military IFR aircraft and another IFR aircraft or CVFR aircraft.

Separation — USAF Bomber Cell Formation Flights

801.49 An air traffic controller shall establish and maintain air traffic control separation, in accordance with the requirements of section 821.49 of Standard 821 — Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards, between a United States Air Force (USAF) bomber cell formation and an IFR aircraft or CVFR aircraft.

Separation — Turbojet Aircraft Approach and Penetration Turns

801.50 An air traffic controller shall maintain air traffic control separation, in accordance with the requirements of section 821.50 of Standard 821 — Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards, between a turbojet aircraft conducting a jet approach or penetration turn and an IFR aircraft or CVFR aircraft and between turbojet aircraft conducting a jet approach or penetration turn.

Separation — Fuel Dumping

801.51 An air traffic controller shall establish and maintain air traffic control separation, in accordance with the requirements of section 821.51 of Standard 821 — Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards, between an aircraft jettisoning fuel in flight and another aircraft.

Subpart 2 — Aeronautical Telecommunications

Interpretation

802.01 In this Subpart, aeronautical telecommunications system includes radio navigation aids and aeronautical communications systems.

Aeronautical Telecommunications Systems

• 802.02 (1) A person who operates any equipment that is part of an aeronautical telecommunications system referred to in Annex 10 to the Convention shall ensure that

  • (a) the equipment is installed, maintained and operated in accordance with the standards specified in Annex 10 to the Convention; and

  • (b) documentation is maintained that shows how compliance with the standards referred to in paragraph (a) is being achieved.

• (2) No person shall perform a function related to the installation, maintenance or operation of any aeronautical telecommunications equipment unless the person has successfully completed training in the performance of that function and has been certified by the operator of the aeronautical telecommunications system as being competent to perform that function.

• (3) A person who operates any equipment that is part of an aeronautical telecommunications system referred to in Annex 10 to the Convention shall, at the request of the Minister, provide the Minister with a copy of the documentation referred to in paragraph (1)(b).

• (4) [Repealed, SOR/2020-151, s. 23]

[802.03 to 802.07 reserved]

Subpart 3 — Aeronautical Information Services

Provision of Aeronautical Information Services

• 803.01 (1) In this Subpart, aeronautical information services means the services necessary to meet the requirements of Annexes 4 and 15 to the Convention that relate to aeronautical information.

• (2) No person shall provide aeronautical information services except in accordance with the standards set out in Annexes 4 and 15 to the Convention.

Development and Publication of Instrument Procedures

803.02 No person shall publish or submit for publishing in the Canada Air Pilot an instrument procedure unless the procedure has been developed

• (a) in accordance with the standards and criteria specified in the manual entitled Criteria for the Development of Instrument Procedures; and

• (b) by a person who has successfully completed training in the interpretation and application of the standards and criteria specified in the manual entitled Criteria for the Development of Instrument Procedures, which training has been accepted by the Minister.