Beyond Training Minimums – A New Concept of the UAV Operator Training Program

Abstract

The UAV pilot/operator training is a crucial part being evaluated during certification of the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). There are many milestones behind, many new initiatives are launched. However, many initiatives originated to the type of the crew training and certification originated to that of the minimum levels derived by regulations. There are two main approaches when establish a training organization. First is, the so-called approach of minimums (AoM) delivered to the operators. Second is originated to that of the set of skills (SoS) necessary to hold by operators to safe operation of the UAV. The author will examine two standpoints evaluating their privileges and bottlenecks, or, if there is any, the threat. New idea will be formulated by the author to combine advantages of those two approaches providing a new set of criteria for training system beyond present minimums.