Transport Canada has issued guidance for Canadian single-pilot international air-taxi and commuter operations, setting out the standard operating procedures operators must have in place under new interim requirements. Advisory Circular 700-067 applies to Subpart 703 and 704 operators using single-pilot aircraft on international flights and gives inspectors a framework to check compliance with the mandatory SOP rules.
The circular follows Interim Order No. 2 (2026), which made SOPs mandatory for single-pilot international operations and broadened the guidance to cover both single- and multi-crew procedures for aeroplanes and helicopters. Operators are expected to build in pre-departure self-briefings, objective weather and terrain triggers for turnbacks or diversions, fuel reserve and diversion points, and, for IFR flights, written clearances and defined automation use during periods of high workload.
Transport Canada also links the guidance to human-factors risks in single-pilot flying, including continuation bias, mission pressure and workload management. Helicopter-specific material covers wire strikes, rotor strikes, whiteout and mountain wave conditions, while mission-pressure policies are meant to remove penalties for delaying or stopping a flight when conditions deteriorate.