Remote Pilot competencies and responsibilities

Remote Pilots must meet a set of requirements when flying under a PDRA01 Operational Authorisation.

Qualifications

You must hold:

a valid Flyer ID
a valid General Visual Line of Sight Certificate (GVC) for the type of UAS you'll fly (rotary wing or fixed wing)

Before you fly under a PDRA01 Operational Authorisation, you must have at least 2 hours of flying experience in the previous 3 months.

This experience must be gained on similar and/or equivalent UAS to the UAS you'll use under the PDRA01 Operational Authorisation.

We strongly recommend using our PDRA01 Remote Pilot Logbook Template.

Using our template is the easiest way to create a logbook that will comply with the regulations.

You must keep a flight log with the following details of every flight you carry out:

your name and Flyer ID
date of flight
take-off and landing location
duration of flight, including whether in daylight or at night
description of the flight, including remarks on any unusual technical or operational occurrences
make and model of UAS flown
UAS serial number (or registration number, if applicable).

Your flight log should be in a digital format that will be easy to provide to us, and for us to use for oversight purposes.

You must keep your flight log up to date.

The Remote Pilot flight log is different to the Operator's aircraft technical logbook.

You must be employed by or contracted by the UAS Operator.

This does not apply if the Remote Pilot and Operator are the same person.

This page gives an overview of key competencies and responsibilities.

You must always meet the full requirements of the PDRA01 Operational Authorisation and wider regulations.

UAS.SPEC.060 Responsibilities of the remote pilot in UK Regulation (EU) 2019/947 on rules and procedures for the operation of Unmanned Aircraft.

Includes the acceptable means of compliance and guidance material.