History — 704.51

704.51 (1) No air operator shall authorize a flight from or to a gravel runway in an aeroplane unless the company operations manual sets out procedures for take-offs and landings on gravel runways. (2) No person shall conduct a take-off or landing in an aeroplane on a gravel runway unless the person has (a) received ground training that includes the characteristics of take-off and landing surfaces, the conduct of obstacle assessments, and the air operator’s procedures for take-offs and landings on gravel runways; (b) conducted, within the previous two years, at least one take-off and one landing on a gravel runway in an aeroplane of the same type as the one to be operated; and (c) been certified by the chief pilot as being competent to conduct take-offs and landings on gravel runways. SOR/2019-135, s. 6