Mark Wharry from the UK CAA, giving a talk entitled "Keeping Oversight Proportional, during the 2023 DroneX Tradeshow and Conference, Excel, London.
Mark Wharry, the GA & RPAS Safety and Oversight Manager with the Civil Aviation Authority, shared his perspective on the UK RPAS regulatory landscape. 7000 operators in the specific category, with an Operational Authorisation OA – 600 000 registered operators in the Open and Specific categories – The GA and RPAS Safety & Oversight team grew significantly. The RPAS sector team now includes 11 inspectors and 5 surveyors. The team works in close relationship with the Innovation Team and the Rapid Capability Office. – The UK SORA Specific Operations’ Risk Assessment (SORA), expected for March 2023, is the key policy development target. – Also: a simplified version of the Open category vs Europe, for example by limiting the number of Classes of drones – currently 7, from C0 to C6 in the EASA framework – – Also: the scalability of the specific category requirements depending on operations’ complexity, including pilot qualifications and the ability for RAE to deliver more complex qualifications. The UK SORA will from part of the Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance Material (GM) to UK Regulation (EU) 2019/947. Moving forward, the AMC & GM document will replace a significant proportion of what is currently contained within the CAP 722 series. It is therefore an important piece of regulation for all drone operators, especially in the specific category.
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Location: ExCeL London, One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London, E16 1XL
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