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VIRTUAL COURSE

UAS-INI - Basics of European Regulations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)

Introduction

Today small drones are proliferating in the airspace, even over urban areas. The European market was fragmented, because different national rules applied to drones below 150kg until 2019. However, the role of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) was extended in 2018 below 150kg and EASA delegated rules are implemented since. New EASA policy is in effect since 31 December 2020.

This initial course on European rules for non-military Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS, RPAS, “drones”) provides the basis to put the emerging common rules on safety in context, which is a pre-requisite to fly drones safely and legally. More, also rules on security, enforcement, liability, insurance, privacy and data protection apply which will be touched on in this training.

Today small drones are proliferating in the airspace, even over urban areas. The European market was fragmented, because different national rules applied to drones below 150kg until 2019. However, the role of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) was extended in 2018 below 150kg and EASA delegated rules are implemented since. New EASA policy is in effect since 31 December 2020.

This initial course on European rules for non-military Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS, RPAS, “drones”) provides the basis to put the emerging common rules on safety in context, which is a pre-requisite to fly drones safely and legally. More, also rules on security, enforcement, liability, insurance, privacy and data protection apply which will be touched on in this training.

Course Content

After completing the course, participants should be able to:

  • identify, download and consult the emerging international and European rules for drones, including but not limited to safety.
  • highlight main content of ICAO, JARUS, EU and EASA rules concerning non-military drones for oversight by a civil aviation authority or to develop, market or operate them.
  • coordinate ATM issues concerning drones with regulators and ATS providers, based on common awareness of the basics and use of the same semantics.
  • identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats from a business point of view in the evolving regulatory context.

Learning Objectives

After completing the course, participants should be able to:

  • identify, download and consult the emerging international and European rules for drones, including but not limited to safety.
  • highlight main content of ICAO, JARUS, EU and EASA rules concerning non-military drones for oversight by a civil aviation authority or to develop, market or operate them.
  • coordinate ATM issues concerning drones with regulators and ATS providers, based on common awareness of the basics and use of the same semantics.
  • identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats from a business point of view in the evolving regulatory context.

Who should take this course

Aviation professionals desiring to become able to identify and list the content of the emerging common rules for non-military drones, including:

  • Managers, rulemaking officials and inspectors of CAAs
  • Managers (including safety and compliance managers), remote pilots and other professionals of aviation industry desiring to further develop respective careers
  • Entrepreneurs involved, or planning to become involved, in drones or training of remote pilots, for which knowledge of the regulatory landscape is an enabler to develop business cases
  • Instructors and examiners of remote pilots
  • Personnel of Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) since drones have a significant impact also on Air Traffic Management (ATM)

Pre-requisites

Essential:

  • Good command of the English language; and
  • University graduation (bachelor), or 3 years of experience in traditional aviation, or 1 year of experience on drones