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Regional System Safety Offices

The regional System Safety offices evaluate the safety of the Aviation Transportation System and conduct aviation safety promotional activities both within and outside Transport Canada Civil Aviation. The regional offices’ responsibilities include:

  • identifying potential safety hazards, advising airline managers;
  • collecting and recording data for the purpose of identifying and assessing risks;
  • performing safety visits and safety reviews for both users and providers of the air transportation system;
  • gathering information for the Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System - CADORS (reports of abnormal occurrences within the Region);
  • monitoring CADORS monthly for trends that indicate potential system problems;
  • appointing a Minister’s Observer to liaise with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada on all accident investigations being investigated by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada;
  • supplying the aviation community with a wide variety of safety information from an extensive inventory of safety brochures and posters, and with the availability of video loan libraries; and
  • identifying those people and organizations most susceptible to aviation risks and directing appropriate safety messages to them.
Date modified:
2010-05-03