HAC has received many calls from operators on the subject of the Crew Resource Management Advisory Circular AC #700-42. The document contains a deadline for implementation of January 31, 2019 however, there seems to be some confusion — even among inspectors — about the implementation date. HAC has requested a six-month extension, since operators tell us that their inspectors are unprepared to approve courses yet and qualified course instructors are hard to come by.
Furthermore, the specific elements of the AC call for company-specific content, which makes it difficult to deliver a course to multiple companies at the same time. HAC would like to deliver a compliant CRM course at the YVR Convention. We are working with Transport Canada to allow this to take place so attendees will be prepared to return to their own companies and deliver courses to their own personnel. Watch for a bulletin from HAC on this subject this week.