CHIRP provides a vital safety net as another route to promote change when the normal channels of reporting aren’t delivering results, you don’t feel able to report through formal Occurrence Reporting systems, and for collecting reports with safety concerns that did not meet the threshold for normal reporting and would otherwise have gone unwritten. Edition 8 of CHIRP Drone FEEDBACK can be found on the CHIRP Drones webpage and provides thoughts on Human Factors aspects from recent reports about loss of power incidents, C2 link considerations, and obstacle avoidance.
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How do we ensure operators stay interested and motivated enough to remain abreast of changing rules?
Welcome to Drone FEEDBACK Edition 8.
Summer is underway. New regulations from CAP 722 Edition 9.1 along with Acceptable Means of Compliance / Guidance Material issued on 7th December are becoming bedded down in the Drone world. All applications for initial and renewal of Operational Authorisations are now being made under the new regulations.
What does this have to do with Human Factors I hear you say. Well, out and about talking to Drone users, I for one have had conversations with Drone pilots, who have made it clear to me that the regulations are becoming so complicated that they have an increasing tendency to just ignore them, not bother with either Flyer or OA renewals, but just carry on with occasional use of their legacy Drone, when they have small tasks to perform.
As technology evolves and Drones become more and more capable, the regulations must accommodate their additional capabilities, to maintain or indeed improve on the levels of safety. How do we deal with the Human Factors associated with ensuring the Drone community stays interested and motivated enough, to remain abreast of the rules? We cannot rely on the police alone to find transgressors.
Ideas on a postcard from wherever your holiday has taken you? Or alternatively respond to the recent CAA Call for Input: Review of UAS Regulations using the following link: Call for Input: Review of UK UAS Regulations – Civil Aviation Authority – Citizen Space (caa.co.uk) (now closed)