Canadian Aviation Regulations

401.03 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), no person shall act as a flight crew member or exercise the privileges of a flight crew permit, licence or rating unless

• (a) the person holds the appropriate permit, licence or rating;

• (b) the permit, licence or rating is valid;

• (c) the person holds the appropriate medical certificate; and

• (d) the person can produce the permit, licence or rating, and the certificate, when exercising those privileges.

(1.1) No person shall exercise the privileges of a foreign licence validation certificate unless the person

• (a) holds the appropriate foreign licence validation certificate;

• (b) has signed the certificate; and

• (c) can produce the certificate when exercising those privileges.

(2) A person who holds a military flight crew permit, licence or rating or a flight crew permit, licence or rating issued by a contracting state other than Canada may act as a flight crew member or exercise the privileges of a flight crew permit, licence or rating for the sole purpose of the person’s flight test where

• (a) the test is conducted in accordance with section 401.15; and

• (b) no passenger is carried on board the aircraft.

(3) A person who is acting as an engineering test pilot may act as a pilot-in-command or second-in-command of an aircraft that is being operated to conduct a test flight of an aeronautical product, without holding a rating for the type of aircraft, if

• (a) the person is an employee of the Department of Transport and is acting in the course of their duties;

• (b) the person holds a valid airline transport pilot licence or commercial pilot licence that is endorsed for the category of the aircraft being operated to conduct the test flight;

• (c) only those crew members necessary for conducting the test flight are on board the aircraft; and

• (d) for a test flight conducted outside of Canadian airspace, the person obtains, prior to entry into any foreign airspace, the authority to act as a pilot-in-command or second-in-command of the aircraft from the civil aviation authority of the state whose airspace is being entered.