Canadian Aviation Regulations — 101.01
d means the period that begins when the earliest of the following events occurs and ends at engines off or rotors stopped at the end of a flight: (a) the flight crew member carries out any duties assigned by the private operator or the air operator or delegated by the Minister before reporting for a flight, (b) the member reports for a flight or, if there is more than one flight during the flight duty period, reports for the first flight, (c) the member reports for positioning, and (d) the member reports as a flight crew member on standby; ( période de service de vol ) flight duty time [Repealed, SOR/2018-269, s. 1] flight following means the monitoring of a flight’s progress, the provision of any operational information that might be requested by the pilot-in-command, and the notification of the flight training unit and search and rescue authorities if the flight is overdue or missing; ( suivi de vol ) flight information services means (a) the dissemination of aviation weather information and aeronautical information for departure, destination and alternate aerodromes along a proposed route of flight, (b) the dissemination of aviation weather information and aeronautical information to aircraft in flight, (c) the acceptance, processing and activation of flight plans and flight itineraries and amendments to and cancellations of flight plans and flight itineraries, (d) the exchange of flight plan information with domestic or foreign governments or agencies or foreign air traffic services units, and (e) the dissemination of information concerning known ground and air traffic; ( services d’information de vol ) flight inspection means the operation of an aircraft for the purpose of (a) calibrating air navigation aids, (b) monitoring or evaluating the performance of air navigation aids, or (c) obstacle assessment; ( inspection en vol ) flight itinerary means the information required to be filed in the form of a flight itinerary pursuant to Division III of Subpart 2 of Part VI; ( itinéraire de vol ) flight plan means the information that is required to be filed in the form of a flight plan pursuant to Division III of Subpart 2 of Part VI; ( plan de vol ) flight relief facility — bunk means a bunk that meets the requirements of Aerospace Recommended Practice ARP4101/3, Crew Rest Facilities , published by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and is configured in accordance with the requirements of section 3.2.9 of Aerospace Recommended Practice ARP4101, Flight Deck Layout and Facilities , published by the SAE; ( poste de repos — couchette ) flight relief facility — seat means a fully reclining seat that is separated and screened off from the passengers and flight deck, that is equipped with a call device, a restraint system designed to restrain a sleeping person and portable oxygen equipment, and that is not subject to distraction from noise generated in the cabin; ( poste de repos — siège ) flight service station [Repealed, SOR/2025-98, s. 1] flight simulation training device means an apparatus, including synthetic flight training equipment, that replicates or emulates an aircraft or aircraft component for the purpose of training and testing; ( dispositif de formation simulant le vol ) flight time means the time from the moment an aircraft first moves under its own power for the purpose of taking off until the moment it comes to rest at the end of the flight; ( temps de vol ) flight training means a training program of ground instruction and airborne training that is conducted in accordance with the flight instructor guide and flight training manual applicable to the aircraft used; ( entraînement en vol ) flight training service means a commercial air service that is operated for the purpose of conducting flight training; ( service d’entraînement en vol ) flight training unit means (a) in the case of an aeroplane or helicopter, the holder of a flight training unit operator certificate, or (b) in the case of a glider, balloon, g