RePL Practical Course Modes

In plain language

If you are training for a manual drone licence (RePL), your practical training must cover both manual and automated flight modes. If you only want an automated licence, you only need to train in automated mode.

Requirement as structured

The practical competency component of a RePL training course must be conducted in automated operation mode only for an automated RePL applicant, or in both automated and manual modes for a manual RePL applicant.

Original regulatory text

(1) The practical competency component of a RePL training course for a category of RPA (including with a liquid-fuel system or otherwise) must be for 1 of the following: (a) the automated operation mode — for an applicant for a RePL for automated operation mode only; (b) both the automated operation mode and the manual mode — for an applicant for a RePL for the manual operation mode.