Canadian Aviation Regulations

604.56 No person shall file a flight plan indicating that an aircraft operated by a private operator can be operated in accordance with reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM) unless

• (a) the private operator is authorized under a special authorization to operate the aircraft in accordance with RVSM;

• (b) every flight crew member has received RVSM training, for which the validity period has not expired, in

  • (i) the floor, ceiling and horizontal boundaries of RVSM airspace,

  • (ii) rules on the exclusion of non-RVSM-compliant aircraft from the airspace,

  • (iii) the procedures to be followed by flight crew members with respect to

    • (A) pre-flight and in-flight altimeter checks,

    • (B) use of the automatic altitude control system,

    • (C) items on the minimum equipment list,

    • (D) in-flight contingencies,

    • (E) weather deviation procedures,

    • (F) track offset procedures for wake turbulence,

    • (G) inconsequential collision-avoidance systems alerts, and

    • (H) pilot level-off call,

  • (iv) procedures relating to non-RVSM-compliant aircraft required to carry out ferry flights, humanitarian flights or delivery flights, and

  • (v) the use of an Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS) and a Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS);

• (c) the aircraft meets the eligibility requirements set out in section 624.56 of Standard 624 — RVSM Eligibility Requirements, with respect to aircraft performance and aircraft equipment; and

• (d) the private operator meets the aircraft continued airworthiness maintenance requirements set out in section 624.56 of Standard 624 — RVSM Eligibility Requirements.

• (e) [Repealed, SOR/2025-26, s. 25]