UK - New drone laws

imax · May 30, 2018

New drone laws bring added protection for passengers

adwb · May 30, 2018

wonder when the online registration and test will go live??

imax · May 30, 2018

adwb said:
wonder when the online registration and test will go live??

30 November 2019 according to the article.

NickU · May 30, 2018

Cynical me thinks It'll go live once they've figured out how much they need to charge PfCO holders in order to cover the costs of registering and testing everyone

MrTVR · May 31, 2018

Have they said whether current PfCO holders will need to register their drones (again) and take the test (again) ?

Also, does the 1km restriction around airports apply to PfCO holders? We have done several jobs in recent years within the boundary of active airports, with cooperation from ATC of course.

Mad_angler1 · May 31, 2018

The believe is all uas users will need to take the test even PFCO holders as it’s a bare minimum the. PFCO will sit on top of that

MrTVR · May 31, 2018

Mad_angler1 said:
The believe is all uas users will need to take the test even PFCO holders as it’s a bare minimum the. PFCO will sit on top of that

Well that makes sense - not!

Mad_angler1 · May 31, 2018

Well it does from the standpoint of anything over 250g will require to be registered, this covers you for hobby and any none commercial flight then to be able to receive valuable consideration then PFCO will sit on top of that.

None of this is confirmed but the current believe is even commercial ops will be required to do this.

The Editor · May 31, 2018

And the idiots that break the law will continue to do so.
They simply won't register.
Won't take the test.
Continue to fly BVLOS and above 400ft agl.
Nothing will change for the inconsiderate few.............

Mad_angler1 · May 31, 2018

The Editor said:
And the idiots that break the law will continue to do so.
They simply won't register.
Won't take the test.
Continue to fly BVLOS and above 400ft agl.
Nothing will change for the inconsiderate few.............

Absolutely

NickU · May 31, 2018

Same goes for cars etc, minority will carry on not taxing/testing/insuring...law will carry on throwing the book at them - only when they get caught after messing up in some way. So it will be with drones... don't get caught, not an issue, mess up and we'll throw the library at you

PortCanaveralFlorida · Jun 1, 2018

imax said:
New drone laws bring added protection for passengers

Pay Up! It's not going to change - ether in the US or UK. Follow the rules or not.

NickU · Jun 2, 2018

PortCanaveralFlorida said:
Pay Up! It's not going to change - ether in the US or UK. Follow the rules or not. View attachment 20299

Yup, drones will be worth lotsa money, a highly trusted and respected audit/accounts company says so (

) ... so Gov' numpties think "drones = $£$£Bn's of money = something to tax more of. Oh, and we can claim passengers are safer now too!" Yay... world's a safer place

The Editor · Jun 2, 2018

NickU said:
Yup, drones will be worth lotsa money, a highly trusted and respected audit/accounts company says so () ... so Gov' numpties think "drones = $£$£Bn's of money = something to tax more of. Oh, and we can claim passengers are safer now too!" Yay... world's a safer place

If I didn't know better I would say you are being both cynical and sarcastic in the same paragraph!