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You can now find the official text of the proposed regulation here:
http://gazetteducanada.gc.ca/partI/2008/20080809/html/regle2-e.html
While this is a Canadian topic/issue, it also affect US aircraft (see paragraph below). I you fly, or plan to fly into Canada in the near future, you may want to provide comments to the appropriate department (contact information below).
The proposed regulation is up for comments by interested parties. You have 75 days:
COPA (Canadian Owners and Pilots Association) has opposed the amendment. $2,000 average to install a 406 MHz ELT.
http://gazetteducanada.gc.ca/partI/2008/20080809/html/regle2-e.html
While this is a Canadian topic/issue, it also affect US aircraft (see paragraph below). I you fly, or plan to fly into Canada in the near future, you may want to provide comments to the appropriate department (contact information below).
....At present, several countries require, or are in the process of developing requirements, to use ELTs that can broadcast on 406 MHz frequency. Traffic inbound from the United States will have to comply with these proposed amendments before entering Canadian airspace. It is assumed that the cost of compliance will not dissuade foreign commercial operators from equipping with systems that meet the requirements of these proposed amendments, as the cost of compliance has not dissuaded them in the case of long-range over-water flights.....
The proposed regulation is up for comments by interested parties. You have 75 days:
...... Interested persons may make representations concerning the proposed Regulations to the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities within 75 days after the date of publication of this notice. All such representations must cite the Canada Gazette, Part I, and the date of publication of this notice. Each representation must be in writing and be sent to the Chief, Regulatory Affairs (AARBH), Civil Aviation, Safety and Security Group, Department of Transport, Place de Ville, Tower C, 330 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N5 (general inquiries ? tel.: 613-993-7284 or 1-800-305-2059; fax: 613-990-1198; Internet address: http://www.tc.gc.ca)....
COPA (Canadian Owners and Pilots Association) has opposed the amendment. $2,000 average to install a 406 MHz ELT.
Stakeholders support this proposal with the exception of COPA who has advised Transport Canada that it would oppose these proposed amendments on the grounds that the implementation costs are too high for their segment of the industry ($36,850,000 to equip 18 000 private aviation aircraft). COPA also opposed these proposed amendments on the grounds that the alternate means of emergency location criteria (i.e. automatic activation, capacity of 2.7 nautical miles search radius) do not allow the use of less expensive technologies that are currently available.
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