Drone discussion paper - Review of RPAS operations (DP 1708OS) - Civil Aviation Safety Authority

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clinton

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george

Should all RPA be registered?

Select your preferred registration options.

	None	Above a specific size/weight	For specific operations	All RPA
By RPA Please select all that apply	None None	Above a specific size/weight Ticked Above a specific size/weight	For specific operations For specific operations	All RPA All RPA
By RPA owner Please select all that apply	None None	Above a specific size/weight Ticked Above a specific size/weight	For specific operations For specific operations	All RPA All RPA
By RPA operator Please select all that apply	None None	Above a specific size/weight Ticked Above a specific size/weight	For specific operations For specific operations	All RPA All RPA

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Registrering ervery RPA is an absolute joke. Thinly veiled revenue raising.

Should all RPA users be required to meet training / proficiency criteria?

Select your preferred training and proficiency options.

	None	Above a specific size/weight	For specific operations	All RPA
Training Please select all that apply	None None	Above a specific size/weight Ticked Above a specific size/weight	For specific operations For specific operations	All RPA All RPA
Demonstration of proficiency Please select all that apply	None None	Above a specific size/weight Ticked Above a specific size/weight	For specific operations For specific operations	All RPA All RPA

Please provide any additional comments:

Who provides the training? How much will it be?
More revenue raising.

Should the introduction of geo-fencing be mandated?

Should CASA mandate the introduction of geo-fencing options to limit the operation of RPA in certain areas?

Please select one item

Yes

Please provide your comments:

CASA doesnt up date its no fly zones with enough regularity to be effective. DJI already voluntarily do it. It can all be bypassed anyway.

What should be done about 'counter-drone' technology?

Provide your views on the ways in which counter-drone technologies should be managed and in what circumstances they should be used.

Unless you can safely take over control and land the craft anti drone technology poses as much a threat to property and people as a trespassing drone.

The argument that they could deliver drugs to prisons is backwards. People throw tennis balls filled with contraband over prison fences. Ban tennis balls as well?

Are we doing enough of the right things?

CASA seeks your view on the way in which we are approaching regulation of RPA in Australia today and for the future.

Maybe focus more on back ground checks for ground staff at domestic airports. There is a good start.
Focus on the large commercial drones. Leave hobbiests out of it.