Europe Agrees On Regulatory Drone Framework

Hallie Siegel writes: Not a week goes by where some aspect of drone regulation fails to make the news. But for any regulated industry where technology is advancing faster than new rules can be agreed upon, it will undoubtedly cause a few headaches. This week closes with a very positive announcement from European stakeholders on the future of drones. During a two-day conference in Riga, the European aviation community found broad agreement on the main principles to guide a regulatory framework to allow drone operations throughout Europe from 2016 onward.

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Item 1 is all I need to read

[Anonymous Coward]

"Drones need to be treated as new types of aircraft with proportionate rules based on the risk of each operation."

Or in other words "fuck you CAA you don't need £3000+ of training to fly a £1000 1kg drone"

Re:Item 1 is all I need to read

[Danielsen]

A 1 kg helicopter with a rotor spinning at 100m/s is dangerous in the wrong hands. In aviation safety is based on rules, and expensive certificates with rights that can be lost if rules are broken. The operators conducting the commercial aviation business need to document that they have processes (Quality system) to ensure that they have internal checks and balances, to ensure that people is qualified, and equipment is safe. The persons responsible for the processes need to have power to change unsafe behavior (Therefore need to refer directly to the CEO), and they need to have training with rights that can be lost if rules are broken. Drone operators/manufacturers/and maintainers must ensure that: - They don't endanger other aircraft. - They don't endanger other people - They don't invade privacy, and harass people.