Citation: SOR/96-433, s. 700.19
Amended by: SOR/2018-269, s. 13
Structural position: Part VII — Commercial Air Services > Subpart 0 — General > Division I — Flight Crew Member Fatigue Management
700.19 (1) This Division does not apply
(a) to an air operator who operates an aircraft under Subpart 2 of this Part or to a flight crew member who operates an aircraft under that Subpart; or
(b) to an air operator who conducts a medical evacuation flight or to a flight crew member who operates an aircraft to conduct such a flight.
700.19 (2) For the purposes of this Division, references to a time of day are
(a) if a flight crew member is acclimatized, references to the local time at their location; or
(b) if a flight crew member is not acclimatized, references to the local time at the last location where the member was acclimatized.
[SOR/2018-269, s. 13]
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acclimatized | Describes a flight crew member whose biorhythm is aligned with local time |
| early duty | Hours of work that begin between 02:00 and 06:59 at the location where the flight crew member is acclimatized |
| late duty | Hours of work that end between midnight and 01:59 at the location where the flight crew member is acclimatized |
| local night's rest | A rest period of at least nine hours that takes place between 22:30 and 09:30 at the location where the flight crew member is acclimatized |
| night duty | Hours of work that begin between 13:00 and 01:59 and that end after 01:59 at a location where the flight crew member is acclimatized |
| window of circadian low | The period that begins at 02:00 and ends at 05:59 at the location where the flight crew member is acclimatized |
| flight crew member on reserve | A flight crew member designated by an air operator to be available to report for flight duty on notice of more than one hour |
| reserve availability period | The period in any 24 consecutive hours during which a flight crew member on reserve is available to report for flight duty |
| reserve duty period | The period beginning when a flight crew member on reserve is available to report for flight duty and ending when the flight duty period ends |
| single day free from duty | Time free from duty from the beginning of the first local night's rest until the end of the following local night's rest |
| class 1 rest facility | A bunk or horizontal surface in an area (a) separated from the flight deck and passenger cabin; (b) with devices to control temperature and light; and (c) subject to minimal noise and disturbances |
| class 2 rest facility | A seat allowing horizontal sleeping position in an area (a) separated from passengers by a curtain or similar means; (b) equipped with portable oxygen; and (c) minimizing disturbances |
| class 3 rest facility | A seat that reclines at least 40° from vertical with leg and foot support |
[SOR/2018-269, s. 10; SOR/2025-98, s. 15; SOR/2025-226, s. 8]
Time-of-day references throughout Division I (early duty, late duty, night duty, local night's rest, window of circadian low) are anchored by §700.19(2):
A crew member is acclimatized when their biorhythm is aligned with local time (§700.01). If they have not spent sufficient time at a new time zone, they are treated as still on the time of their last acclimatized location for duty/rest calculations.
700.20 (1) An air operator shall have a system that monitors the flight times, flight duty periods, hours of work and rest periods of each of its flight crew members and shall include in its company operations manual the details of that system.
700.20 (2) An air operator shall, for each flight crew member, keep a record of
(a) all flight times;
(b) the start and end times as well as the duration of each flight duty period;
(c) the start and end times as well as the duration of each duty period;
(d) the start and end times as well as the duration of each rest period; and
(e) all time free from duty.
700.20 (3) An air operator shall keep a record of all notifications provided to it by a pilot-in-command under subsection 700.63(4).
700.20 (4) An air operator shall keep the records referred to in this section for a period of 24 months after the day on which they are made.
[SOR/2018-269, s. 13]
700.100 (1) This Division applies to an air operator who conducts a medical evacuation flight and to a flight crew member who operates an aircraft to conduct such a flight.
700.100 (2) This Division does not apply to an air operator who operates an aircraft under Subpart 2 of this Part or to a flight crew member who operates an aircraft under that Subpart.
700.100 (3) For the purposes of this Division, a flight to position an aircraft before or after a medical evacuation flight is considered to be a medical evacuation flight.
[SOR/2018-269, s. 13]
Note: §700.100 is the parallel application section for Division II — Medical Evacuation Flight Crew Member Fatigue Management (§§700.100–700.135). Medical evacuation flights are excluded from Division I (§700.19(1)(b)) and instead governed by Division II.
700.200 (1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), an air operator and flight crew members to whom sections 700.20 to 700.72 or 700.101 to 700.135 apply are exempt, in respect of a flight, from the application of the provisions set out in the notice of intent referred to in section 700.206, if
(a) the air operator has sent to the Minister a notice of intent that complies with the requirements of section 700.206;
(b) the air operator has established and implemented the following components of the fatigue risk management system: (i) the fatigue risk management plan, and (ii) the fatigue risk management process; and
(c) starting on the date on which the flight is first conducted under the exemption, the air operator notifies the Minister every 90 days (or at the end of the period if shorter) that the required analysis is available for review.
700.200 (3) The exemption continues as long as the air operator demonstrates compliance with sections 700.213 to 700.225 but ceases on the earlier of: (a) the date on which a permanent exemption (§700.234) comes into effect for the same provisions and flight; or (b) three years after the notice of intent was sent.
700.200 (4) The exemption may be in respect of any requirements in sections 700.27 to 700.72 except:
(a) paragraph 700.27(1)(c) — annual 1,000-hr flight time limit
(b) paragraph 700.29(1)(a) — single day free from duty per 168h
(c) section 700.36 — minimum rest after duty exceeding 16h
(d) section 700.37 — nutrition break requirements
(e) paragraph 700.103(1)(e)
[SOR/2018-269, s. 13]
| Section Range | Subject Matter |
|---|---|
| §700.19 | Application and time references (exclusions for Subpart 2 and medevac; acclimatization rule) |
| §700.20 | Monitoring system and record-keeping |
| §§700.27–700.72 | Specific flight time, flight duty period, and rest period limits |
| §§700.100–700.135 | Division II — Medical evacuation flight crew fatigue management |
| §§700.200–700.234 | Division III — Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS) framework |