Pacific Coastal Airlines Limited

Firearms and ammunition accepted as checked baggage only, for hunting and sporting purposes. No specific type list (rifles, shotguns, handguns) is published by either source, and neither the website nor the tariff uses the Criminal Code terms "restricted" or "prohibited". The tariff separately exempts "officers travelling" from its hunting/sporting-purpose restriction, implying some additional class of firearm carriage is contemplated for on-duty officers, though no further detail on that exemption is given anywhere in the document.

The "or officers travelling" phrase appears only once, in the tariff's "Items unacceptable as baggage" list, as an exception alongside the hunting/sporting purpose exception. No separate officer-specific rule (comparable to Calm Air's Rule 19 or Air North's/Porter's "officers of the law" exemption) was found elsewhere in the document.

Specially designed case, hard metal or plastic, with a lock.

Website and tariff use near-identical wording for the case requirement - one of the few carriers found so far where the website and tariff agree verbatim on this field.

Firearm must be unloaded with the safety catch "on", and the case itself must be locked. Neither source requires a separate trigger lock or disassembly, and neither distinguishes restricted from non-restricted firearms for locking purposes - the same single standard applies regardless of class, as far as is stated.

This is the first Tier 2 carrier found where the website and tariff state the SAME lock/safety standard with no discrepancy - contrast Air North, Canadian North and Calm Air, all of which show a website/tariff conflict on this field.

Ammunition cannot be packed in the same container as the firearm - they must travel separately. The website does not specify whether "separately" means a different piece of checked baggage or merely a different container within the same bag; the tariff's "packed separately... in a strong container made of wood or fibreboard" similarly does not clarify whether the ammunition's separate container may still travel in the same suitcase as the firearm's case.

Ambiguous in the same way as Canadian North and Calm Air - "separately" could mean "separate container, same bag" (WestJet/Porter pattern) or "separate piece of baggage" (Air Canada/Air Transat/Air North pattern). No inference drawn as to which.

Passenger must declare the firearm or ammunition to the Customer Service Agent at check-in and complete and sign a Firearms Declaration before the carrier will accept the firearm and/or ammunition for carriage.

Website and tariff agree closely on this field, unlike most other fields checked.

Weapons such as antique firearms, swords, knives and other similar items will NOT be accepted as checked baggage (tariff) - a notably stricter stance than Air North, Canadian North and Calm Air, each of which accepts antique firearms/weapons at the carrier's discretion. This is the only Tier 2 carrier found so far to flatly refuse antique firearms rather than leaving it to carrier discretion.