REG SIG Activity

ARPAS-UK REGULATION SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP

Protected: ARPAS-UK Response to CAA’s UK SORA consultation. MEMBERS ONLY

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Survey: FRZs or TOLA from private land. Getting permissions for drone operations, charging levels and process efficiency

Survey: FRZ or TOLA from private land: obtaining permission, charging, process efficiency

Thank you for helping us collect data on your experience over the last 12 months in terms of obtaining permissions to fly in a FRZ, or to take-off and land from private land. Primarily: did you get permission? Was it free and if not how much was it? How efficient was the process? Have you…

Is CAP2606 A, the PDRA01 logbook template, mandatory or optional?

Source: written exchange with CAA representative, July 2024 The logbook template provided in CAP2606 A is optional as long as operators continue to fulfil their obligations as per UK Reg (EU) 2019/947 UAS.SPEC.050. Q: Among the 53 entries, can you specify which information is specifically required by the regulations in the flight log? In another…

Tips: CAP2606 PDRA01 Ops Manual template is a proposed AMC, is it mandatory or optional?

Source: written exchange with CAA representative, July 2024 CAP2606 is a suggested format for a PDRA01 Operations Manual Template, but optional, the CAA do suggest operators use the provided template as it provides Operators with an easy-to-use method of complying with the regulations set out in CAP722H. Q: Can operators continue to use and update…

Protected: DISCO Update by CAA (Members Only)

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Law Commission Briefing ARPAS-UK REG SIG: 2 July 2024 at 4pm

Connor Champ of the Law Commission will provide an overview and briefing on the consultation. For ARPAS-UK members keen to contribute to information regulation: Autonomy in Aviation: drones and advanced air mobility. About the Speaker: Connor Champ has been at the Law Commission for six years. He has previously worked on the Automated Vehicles Project….

SORA v2.5: a practical case from Switzerland to understand how it works – watch again

SORA v2.5 is now published, and the UK CAA intends to implement a UK version of v2.5. Let’s walk through a practical example in conversation with Nathanel Apter, who has been advising operators on how to get approvals from the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation using SORA. Nathanel has also been part of the…

ARPAS-UK Regulation SIG Progress Review June 2024

ARPAS-UK Regulation SIG review

~ 2800 PDRA01 Holders + ~ 100 OSC holders in the Specific Category

Until DISCO is in place, the CAA’s Shared Services are in charge of processing the PDRA01 within the CAA. Based on their database, we can assess that there were 2838 PDRA01 holders in CY 2023, vs 3515 in CY2012. The numbers for the early months of 2024 tend to indicate a continued attrition rather than…

ARPAS-UK supports the introduction of Atypical Air Environments to unlock BVLOS opportunities.

Let’s each respond to the CAA’s consultation by April 2. ARPAS-UK supports the introduction of the Atypical Air Environment policy, as an incremental step to facilitate BVLOS operations in lower risk environment, where no another aircraft is expected to be, for example just above assets that are inspected. These will already unlock a lot of…