Canada’s major airlines have two years to implement new flight and duty time limits that reduce both the number of hours that pilots may fly each year and the length of flight duty periods, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said today in announcing an overhaul of Canadian Aviation Regulations dealing with pilot fatigue.
“Transport Canada’s new regulations align with today’s scientific data, international standards and best practices, and respond to concerns raised by communities, pilots and airlines,” Garneau said. “By providing air operators the option to implement fatigue risk management systems, these new regulations also recognize the unique operations and realities of Canadian air operators.”
The new fatigue rules will limit pilots to 1,000 flight hours in any 365 consecutive days, compared with…
