Supervised operation of UA (1.5 kg to 7 kg) by underage pilots

In plain language

If you are under the minimum age, you can only fly a drone weighing between 1.5 kg and 7 kg for fun or school if you are supervised by someone who is of age and has a basic training certificate or pilot licence.

Requirement as structured

A person who has not attained the requisite minimum age may operate an unmanned aircraft with a total mass exceeding 1.5 kg but not exceeding 7 kg for a recreation purpose or an education purpose only under the supervision of a supervising pilot who has attained the requisite minimum age and holds a UA basic training certificate or a UA pilot licence that is in force. Otherwise a person must not act as UA pilot of such an aircraft for those purposes unless the person has attained the requisite minimum age and holds a UA basic training certificate or a UA pilot licence that is in force.

Original regulatory text

33.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person must not act as a UA pilot of an unmanned aircraft that has a total mass exceeding 1.5 kg but not exceeding 7 kg for a recreation purpose or an education purpose unless the person — (a) has attained the requisite minimum age; and (b) holds a UA basic training certificate, or holds a UA pilot licence that is in force. (2) Despite paragraph (1), a person who has not attained the requisite minimum age may operate an unmanned aircraft that has a total mass exceeding 1.5 kg but not exceeding 7 kg for a recreation purpose or an education purpose under the supervision of another person (called in this Part a supervising pilot) who — (a) has attained the requisite minimum age; and (b) holds a UA basic training certificate, or holds a UA pilot licence that is in force.

Applies when

max mtom kg

7

min mtom kg

1.5