(n) the conditions to issue, maintain, amend, suspend or revoke organisation approvals and conditions for the oversight of organisations engaged in the design, manufacture and maintenance of safety critical aerodrome equipment.

303.10 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the operator of a designated airport or of a participating airport or aerodrome does not have to meet the requirements referred to in section 303.09 where those requirements cannot be met because of a personnel shortage or unserviceable equipment at the airport or aerodrome caused by circumstances beyond the control of its operator and a notification of the reduced level of aircraft fire-fighting service at the airport or aerodrome has been given to the appropriate air traffic control unit or flig ...[+++]ht service station for publication in a NOTAM.

301.02 The operator of an aerodrome shall, without charge, at the request of a Department of Transport inspector, allow the inspector access to aerodrome facilities and provide the equipment necessary to conduct an inspection of the aerodrome.

Recently, an RCMP commissioned officer was assigned to the Kandahar airfield, to act as a liaison between PRT members and airfield personnel.

National Defence has adjusted to the mission demands in several ways: by chartering civilian airlift to help move about 85 tonnes of equipment and supplies each week; by borrowing or stealing spare parts from one piece of equipment to make timely repairs to another; by sending technical assistance teams to visit Kandahar airfield to help when backlogs build up; by hiring civilian personnel to provide support, especially in the maintenance functions and for the hospital; and by making do with what they have to accomplish objectives according to circumstances.

We have three psychiatrists at the Kandahar airfield, and Colonel Randy Boddam also leads a team of mental health nurses and medical technicians.