Just like keeping a drone logbook isn’t required for legal compliance (yet), it is also not a requirement for getting drone insurance. Have you taken any drone classes or do you have any certificates showing training? Write them down and keep them with your drone logbook. And while keeping track of this training wouldn’t necessarily be part of keeping track of drone flights, there is nothing that says you can’t keep track of this training in the same space. The FAA isn’t looking for a bunch of night flight hours instead, they’re looking to make sure that you’ve taken a course or done some type of learning to show that you understand the added issues that come with flying at night. You might be thinking, okay how am I supposed to get night flight training if I can’t get a waiver to fly at night? Another good question. While the FAA doesn’t currently require any drone pilots to keep a log book, there’s nothing saying that these rules can’t (and won’t) change again. Keep in mind though where we were 3 years ago on the commercial drone front.
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This training must be documented and must be presented for inspection upon request from the Administrator or an authorized representative Īnd while getting this one waiver may be reason enough to keep a full drone logbook, this alone may not convince everyone to do it. Prior to conducting operations that are the subject of this Waiver, the remote PIC and VO must be trained, as described in the Waiver application, to recognize and overcome visual illusions caused by darkness, and understand physiological conditions which may degrade night vision. The FAA is issuing daylight waivers, but they specifically state: But there are certain types of waivers (think night flights), that do require some kind of training (for now anyway). Like I said above, there is currently no requirement that you keep a drone logbook. Legal Compliance for Waiversįirst, as an attorney, you have to know that legal compliance is usually top of mind for me. I’ll give some more details on keeping a drone logbook below.