CARs Regulatory Assistant
Ask a Canadian aircraft-maintenance regulatory question. Answers are checked against the loaded Transport Canada/Justice Canada regulatory corpus and include the references used.
Public Beta — Regulatory Decision Support
Answers reflect only the facts you provide — where information is missing, the tool says so rather than guessing, and additional requirements may still apply. Your organization's own procedures and authorizations may also apply on top of any answer here.
About the CARs Regulatory Assistant
A free, deterministic tool for Canadian AME maintenance-release questions under the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs). Every answer is produced by fixed rules run against a loaded corpus of Transport Canada and Justice Canada regulatory text, and every answer cites the exact CAR or Standard provision it relies on.
Who it's for
Licensed AMEs (M1, M2, E, S) and AME students who need a citation-traceable answer about who is authorized to sign a maintenance release for a described piece of work. It supplements, and does not replace, your own regulatory judgment, your organization's approved maintenance procedures, or your Maintenance Policy Manual.
What it can help with
- Whether a specific AME rating (M1, M2, E, or S) is authorized to sign a maintenance release for described work
- Whether described work qualifies as CAR 571.10 elementary work
- Whether CAR 571.11 type-training requirements (approved type course or a pre-1999 type rating) apply to a task
- Maintenance-release authority questions touching CAR 605.85, 566.03, or 573.05
Sources and limitations
Answers are traced to citations from the currently loaded CARs/Standard corpus — visible under "References" on each result. The engine is deliberately scoped to maintenance-release authority (CAR 571.10, 571.11, 605.85, 566.03, 573.05, and related Standard 625 provisions), not all of the CARs. Where the facts given are insufficient to reach a conclusion, the tool says so rather than guessing. This is a decision-support aid, not legal advice.