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CAP722G: Unmanned Aircraft System Operations in UK Airspace – Specific Category UAS Modification Policy The aim is to allow certain technical changes to be made to the UAS during the validity period of an Operational Authorisation, without the need to apply to the CAA for a variation in the OA. It is intended specifically for…
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…
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…
We welcome the concept of having incremental levels of Remote Pilot Competence as more complex operations become routine. The definition of BVLOS is not included. It would be useful to do so. # RPC Level 1: There is little/no? difference in the privileges with the GVC. Therefore, it should just be acknowledged that it would…
