Deemed Chief Remote Pilot Instructor Exemption

Verified from official sources
Part 101 (Unmanned Aircraft and Rockets) Manual of Standards 2019 (compilation 10, 2024-04-30)Version 2Effective -Verified 28 August 2026

In plain language

Automatically designating your chief remote pilot as the chief remote pilot instructor (CRI) for a training school is not considered a 'significant change' and does not require CASA's prior written approval.

Requirement as structured

The deeming of a chief remote pilot of a RePL training organisation to be the organisation's chief remote pilot instructor (CRI) does not constitute a significant change.

Original regulatory text

Despite section 10A.01, the operation of section 2.29C to deem the chief remote pilot of a RePL training organisation to be the organisation’s CRI (the deemed CRI) does not constitute a significant change for the purposes of the following provisions in the definition of significant change

Applies when

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RePL Training