thegriffinpages
AKA "Icicles"
Current pilots just have to take the Drone specific course and don't have to take a FAA test. Does this apply to FAA Licensed Aircraft Dispatchers?
Drone Pilot Licensing
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thegriffinpages
AKA "Icicles"
Yeah that's why I was asking was because the testing material for the Aircraft Dispatcher Certification is similar to the ATP.
Bandit_Driver
Gold Member
There is an online test during the training/certification class for pilots to get the UAS license and you need to find a CFI to sign off on the IACRA paperwork for the new license...
cadbury
Well-Known Member
Not necessary a CFI.
There's a catch for this. An ACR should be able do it with a fee.
A 107 Remote Pilot Certificate can be obtained two ways:
1. Take the knowledge test at a testing center.
2. Hold a pilot certificate, other than a student certificate, issued under Part 61 and have a current flight review (or equivalent) and take a 107 training course.
Dispatcher certificates are issued under Part 65, so they’re not eligible for option 2. Not sure why they did it that way, but it’s how it was done.
§ 107.63 Issuance of a remote pilot certificate with a small UAS rating.
An applicant for a remote pilot certificate with a small UAS rating under this subpart must make the application in a form and manner acceptable to the Administrator.
(a) The application must include either:
(1) Evidence showing that the applicant passed an initial aeronautical knowledge test. If applying using a paper application, this evidence must be an airman knowledge test report showing passage of the knowledge test; or
(2) If a person holds a pilot certificate (other than a student pilot certificate) issued under part 61 of this chapter and meets the flight review requirements specified in § 61.56, a certificate of completion of a part 107 initial training course.
(b) If the application is being made pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of this section:
(1) The application must be submitted to the responsible Flight Standards office, a designated pilot examiner, an airman certification representative for a pilot school, a certificated flight instructor, or other person authorized by the Administrator;
(2) The person accepting the application submission must verify the identity of the applicant in a manner acceptable to the Administrator; and
(3) The person making the application must, by logbook endorsement or other manner acceptable to the Administrator, show the applicant meets the flight review requirements specified in § 61.56 of this chapter.
1. Take the knowledge test at a testing center.
2. Hold a pilot certificate, other than a student certificate, issued under Part 61 and have a current flight review (or equivalent) and take a 107 training course.
Dispatcher certificates are issued under Part 65, so they’re not eligible for option 2. Not sure why they did it that way, but it’s how it was done.
§ 107.63 Issuance of a remote pilot certificate with a small UAS rating.
An applicant for a remote pilot certificate with a small UAS rating under this subpart must make the application in a form and manner acceptable to the Administrator.
(a) The application must include either:
(1) Evidence showing that the applicant passed an initial aeronautical knowledge test. If applying using a paper application, this evidence must be an airman knowledge test report showing passage of the knowledge test; or
(2) If a person holds a pilot certificate (other than a student pilot certificate) issued under part 61 of this chapter and meets the flight review requirements specified in § 61.56, a certificate of completion of a part 107 initial training course.
(b) If the application is being made pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of this section:
(1) The application must be submitted to the responsible Flight Standards office, a designated pilot examiner, an airman certification representative for a pilot school, a certificated flight instructor, or other person authorized by the Administrator;
(2) The person accepting the application submission must verify the identity of the applicant in a manner acceptable to the Administrator; and
(3) The person making the application must, by logbook endorsement or other manner acceptable to the Administrator, show the applicant meets the flight review requirements specified in § 61.56 of this chapter.