Considerations for Identifying Mitigation Measures

In plain language

To make the flight safe, you must consider mitigations like restricting where and when you fly, using emergency systems (like impact reduction), ensuring high pilot competency, and having clear procedures.

Requirement as structured

The identification of mitigation measures to meet the target safety level must consider containment, strategic limitations, flight rules, adverse conditions, organizational factors, personnel competency, human error, and UAS design features.

Original regulatory text

5. The identification of the possible mitigation measures necessary to meet the proposed target level of safety shall consider the following possibilities: (a) containment measures for people on the ground; (b) strategic operational limitations to the UAS operation, in particular: i. restricting the geographical volumes where the operation takes place; ii. restricting the duration or schedule of the time slot in which the operation takes place; (c) strategic mitigation by common flight rules or common airspace structure and services; (d) capability to cope with possible adverse operating conditions; (e) organisation factors such as operational and maintenance procedures elaborated by the UAS operator and maintenance procedures compliant with the manufacturer's user manual; (f) the level of competency and expertise of the personnel involved in the safety of the flight; (g) the risk of human error in the application of the operational procedures; (h) the design features and performance of the UAS in particular: i. the availability of means to mitigate risks of collision; ii. the availability of systems limiting the energy at impact or the frangibility of the unmanned aircraft; iii. the design of the UAS to recognised standards and the fail-safe design.

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