Airworthiness Authority overview

The Airworthiness Authority (AA) has responsibility for the overall supervision and management of the DND/CAF Airworthiness Program. This includes ensuring that the program complies with the Aeronautics Act and aeronautical regulations and orders applicable to Canadian military aviation. The AA also ensures that the program supports the achievement and maintenance of an acceptable level of safety for Canadian military aviation and foreign military aircraft when operated in Canadian airspace.

The AA is responsible for issuing, suspending or cancelling airworthiness policies, documents, artefacts, instructions and standards, as applicable, to maintain aviation safety and satisfy the requirements of the Aeronautics Act. These documents include:

• DAOD 2015-0, Airworthiness
• DAOD 2015-1, DND/CAF Airworthiness Program
• DAOD 2015-2, Airworthiness Investigations, Reports and Privilege
• DAOD 2015-3, Release to Service – New and Modified Aircraft

The AA is also responsible for ensuring that the Operational Airworthiness Authority (OAA), the Technical Airworthiness Authority (TAA) and the Airworthiness Investigative Authority (AIA) are not impeded, or interfered with, in any way in the execution of the powers, duties or functions delegated to them.

On the direction of the Minister of National Defence, the officer holding the position of Chief of the Air Force Staff (C Air Force) is designated by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) as the AA for the DND and the CAF.

Contact

For more information about the DND/CAF Airworthiness Program or the AA, please contact the Airworthiness Program Coordination Cell, at the Director General Air Readiness of the Royal Canadian Air Force:

• by email