Regulations and Government
Transport Canada Looks To Update SMS Regs
Change aligns rules to ICAO-recommended standards

Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) is proposing to update its safety management system (SMS) regulations to adopt performance-based requirements and align them with ICAO-recommended standards and practices, as well as other international standards. However, the update will not extend SMS applicability requirements to Canadian air taxi and charter operators under CAR 703 and 704.

Currently, Transport Canada SMS requirements apply only to private operators (CAR 604), airlines (CAR 705), airports of specific sizes, and certain approved maintenance organizations. In its proposal, TCCA said that extending the application of SMS requirements to all commercial operators will be the subject of a separate proposal, the timeline of which hasn’t yet been established.

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