CAA New Rules - Congested Areas Operating Safety Case (CAOSC)

[Heliotrope]

But over 7kilos will need a the congested area stuff and air worthyness will be required and that's 1900 plus VAT.

I'm gratefully I have 2 under 7 kilos rule.

Yep me too - and with things getting smaller I'll not be going over 7 Kg either. Unless you need long flights and have to carry a big camera there's no need to.

[electrotor]

Nothing new, just a direct link to the Information Notice on the CAA website for thems as prefer to get it from the equine gob.

http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/InformationNotice2014184.pdf

[MarkLincs]

I am still waiting for Euro USC to get their fingers out of their butt hole and give some direction on this.
In the mean time 2014/179 was superseded on November 12th by 2014/184 which can be viewed here

http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=33&pagetype=65&appid=11&mode=detail&id=6497

I have lodged a formal complaint with Euro USC as they should be updating us pilots as we need to ammend our ops manuals  to stay legal and they are doing stuff all

The new CAOSC form is for those over 7kilos I belive so it'll push loads of people under 7 kilos now to save hassle

[Asomaro]

 Take a look at the latest dictate from the CAA - everyone needs to be aware of this not just the commercial operators!
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/InformationNotice2014190.pdf

[electrotor]

There's nothing new in it for recreational flyers. However it does no harm to remind yourself of the regulations.

[simondale]

Sorry I didn't see this sooner.

Basically as Carapau says.  But let me put it more simply:

Commercial Operators aren't allowed to fly in congested areas when their aircraft weighs more than 7kg.  They would really like to operate in congested areas for various film and TV, inspection, etc gigs.

This form allows people to apply for an exemption from the rules if they set out the safety case for it.  EG if they can demonstrate that they have extraordinary flying ability OR they have an extra safe drone (redundancy, parachutes, airbags, etc) OR they have a fantastic safety strategy which mitigates the risks of flying in a congested area.  Or, probably, a mixture of the 3.

This doesn't affect us as recreational pilots.  Nor most commercial operators. Its actually a way for commercial operators to do more :-)

All the best

Simon