EASA regulations effective from November 2020

From November 2020, there will be no distinction between Hobby and Commercial Drone Pilots.

This Category fits Professional Pilots, Hobby Pilots and Commercial flights. There are restrictions in place and are more strict than the Specified Category.

The Open Category is split into 3 Sections. Drones are split into CE Marked Classes which fall into certain Open Category Sections.

Drones will fall into classes based on their Maximum Take off Mass or Flying Weight. 

 
The UK will interpret the term within the Open category only as follows:

▪ Unmanned aircraft marked with a Class marking (C0 to C4) – MTOM will continue to be used as defined

▪ Unmanned aircraft without a Class marking – any reference to MTOM or ‘take-off mass’ should be taken to mean the weight of the unmanned aircraft at any time while it is in flight (which will be referred to as the ‘flying weight’)

A2 CoC Online Course £199 

What does this allow you to do?

• This allows you to operate drones up to 500G in the A1/C1 Category. In real terms this means no minimum distances with NO flying over people.
• C2 drones up to 4kgs. 5M, 30 and or 50M      minimum distances.
• Current market drones until June 2022 upto      2KGs. 30M/50M minimum distances.
• Fly to your permission across Europe!

What do you get from us?

We send you the required learning Syllabus and you can learn this in your own time. 

We arrange regular webinar / video conferences to iron out the points of confusion. 

You can take the examination online in the comfort of your own home. 

A certificate confirming you have achieved A2 Certificate of Competency.

 Operating in the specific category will require the operator to hold a GVC also known as a General VLOS Certificate. 

GVC/PfCO Course £550

What does this allow you to do?

• Operate Current market and future market drones      up to 25KGs
• Conduct far more complex flights
• Fly over people with RA and mitigation      measures
• Future training allowing 2KM distance flights.  
• Fly to your permission across Europe!

What do you get from us?

We send you the required learning Syllabus and you can learn this in your own time. 

Upon booking we send you the required learning Syllabus and you can learn this in your own time. We arrange a webinar / video conference to cover the key areas. 

We also provide 1-1 video calls to discuss any points of confusion. 

Online Theoretical Examination, instant pass or fail result. Feedback and one free retake included.

Operations Manual template and guidance on how to write it with optional writing service.

Practical Examination at a mutually convenient date.

Certificates confirming your General Visual Line of Sight Competence and an overall recommendation from us to support your application for an Operational Authorisation. 

We have a private facebook group where we can all keep in touch and Andy or Scotty are more than happy to help past students with any queries / guidance they might need in the future. 

We even attended the first commercial jobs of our past customers ( if requested ) just to offer guidance to cool off those nerves!!

This essentially replaces the PfCO permission system and course. There will be future building block training. We will be offering Module 1 which will allow flights out to 2KM.