6.—(1) Any person may make a report under these Rules to a designated person about any aviation safety matter.
(2) Without limiting section 45 of the Act, an aviation safety matter includes any of the following that is not an excluded matter:
(a)
aircraft flight during the departure, en route, approach or landing phase;
(b)
aircraft cabin operations;
(c)
any occurrence in which 2 or more aircraft come into such close proximity that a threat to the safety of the aircraft exists or may exist, in airspace;
(d)
aircraft weight and balance;
(e)
aircraft flight performance;
(f)
aircraft ground operations;
(g)
aircraft movement at an airport;
(h)
aircraft fuelling operations;
(i)
airport conditions or services;
(j)
cargo handling;
(k)
air traffic management;
(l)
air traffic control operations;
(m)
air traffic control equipment and navigation aids;
(n)
communications between a flight crew and air traffic control;
(o)
aircraft maintenance;
(p)
record keeping in connection with aircraft operations or maintenance or air navigation services;
(q)
passenger handling operations;
(r)
aeronautical meteorology;
(s)
aeronautical information services;
(t)
design, production or repair of aircraft or aircraft components.