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Flight Crew Licensing Aircraft Type Designators

The tables provided in this website are applicable to Aircraft Type Designators that are endorsed on flight crew permits and licenses in accordance with Canadian Aviation Regulations (CAR) Part IV.

Transport Canada incorporates two certification processes for new aircraft being introduced and operated in Canada - the aircraft certification itself, and the operational evaluation process. These evaluations are conducted separately.

  • Aircraft type certification, which occurs first, results in an Aircraft Type Certificate Data Sheet that Transport Canada uses to assign aircraft type designators and minimum crew requirements.
  • The operational evaluation (OE) that is conducted by an Operational Evaluation Team after the certification process, results in a determination whether or not the aircraft is considered a variant of an existing type requiring additional Aircraft Differences Training. See the “Aircraft Differences Training - Similar Aircraft Types” tables below for further guidance.

The following tables are provided as guides only.

Date modified:
2012-03-21