TP 15530 - section overview

In plain language

Outlines the knowledge and competency requirements for RPA pilots operating within level 1 complex operations, covering aircraft icing, thunderstorms, meteorological services, navigation definitions, and maps and charts.

Requirement as structured

Outlines the knowledge and competency requirements for RPA pilots operating within level 1 complex operations, covering aircraft icing, thunderstorms, meteorological services, navigation definitions, and maps and charts.

Original regulatory text

The RPA pilot operating within level 1 complex operations must be able to: - Identify the atmospheric conditions that would create icing, freezing rain, freezing drizzle, and freezing fog. - Explain which surfaces create a hazard due to susceptibility to ice accumulation. - Describe how parts of an RPA can be affected by icing and the symptoms that might be present when encountering icing. - Describe the situations and types of icing that can occur while on the ground or in flight. - Demonstrate the ability to recognize and forecast icing conditions for the planned RPA operation. - Identify whether the RPA is capable of flight in known icing conditions and under which manufacturer limitations. Thunderstorms The RPA pilot operating within level 1 complex operations must be able to: - Explain how to avoid the risks associated with thunderstorms. Meteorological services available to pilots The RPA pilot operating within level 1 complex operations must be able to: - Determine local weather where there is no official source of reporting. - Identify sources of weather reports. - Identify weather trends and how they can be used to predict fog or icing conditions. - Assess forecast weather in comparison to control station requirements, C2 links, and RPA requirements. - Be able to extract key weather information from a GFA. Section 5: Navigation (APK / KNO / SAW / PSD) Definitions The RPA pilot operating within level 1 complex operations must be able to: - Demonstrate an understanding of navigational terms, definitions and their uses. Maps and charts The RPA pilot operating within level 1 complex operations must be able to: - Determine validity of an aeronautical publication. - Demonstrate the ability to interpret Aeronautical charts: VNC, VTA. - Identify a controlled or uncontrolled airspace on an aeronautical chart. - Determining ground elevation from a map. - Use the CFS or other publication to identify airport operators and air traffic control agencies. - Demonstrate the ability to reconcile and validate nonofficial data sources to official ones. - Demonstrate the ability to plot latitude and longitude on aeronautical charts. - Demonstrate the ability to find locations on aeronautical charts using latitude and longitude.

Applies when

country

Canada

operation

level_1_complex_operations

regulatory category

Specific