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Transport Canada published new rules for flying drones in Canada on January 9, 2019. [1] The rules no longer treat recreational and commercial drone pilots differently but instead categorize operators as basic or advanced with different rules for each. [2] The rules apply to drones between 250 g (0.55 pounds) and 25 kg (55 pounds).
The Unmanned Aircraft (Public Safety and Security) Bill outlines regulations for the safe flying of drones and enforcement action against errant users. For instance, permits are required to fly drones above 7 kg, or within a 5 km (3.1 mi) radius of an aerodrome. [44]
Compliance with the regulations and standards is mandatory, while complying with the advisory material is not mandatory. Standards tell how to comply with the corresponding regulation. [4] With the exception of Part V, the regulations are numbered starting at the beginning of the part (i.e. CAR 700 is a regulation).
At the end of 2008 there were 64,932 Canadian licences and permits held, [1] giving Canada the second largest population of licensed pilots in the world. [2] The first Canadian private pilot's licence was issued to James Stanley Scott on January 24, 1920, and the first Canadian transport licence was issued to Douglas G. Joy on April 1, 1939. [3]
For "airworthiness regulations [that] serve to protect people onboard the aircraft . . . the protection of persons and property on the ground [is] another benefit. [6]" However, for unmanned aircraft, airworthiness must only address the safety of people on the ground and not the aircraft itself.
Regulations introduced at the start of 2010 required any aerial surveillance by unmanned aircraft—no matter the size of the drone—to be licensed. [48] [49] A license was eventually granted by the Civil Aviation Authority, but the UAV was lost soon after during a training exercise in Aigburth, Liverpool, when it crashed in the River Mersey. [50]
After the 2009 crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407, Congress passed legislation, subsequently signed into law, requiring any pilot flying for a Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 121 airline (all United States major airlines and their regional affiliates), that requires three or more pilots to include new-hire first officers, must have had at ...
Safety concerns have been raised due to the potential for an ingested drone to rapidly disable an aircraft engine, [1] and several near-misses and verified collisions have involved hobbyist drone operators flying in violation of aviation safety regulations. [1] [2] UAVs have historically had a much higher loss rate than manned military aircraft.