The Listening Regulator – The CAA reverses its proposed 45% value hike! – sUAS Information – The Enterprise of Drones

The CAA has listened and back-pedalled on its proposed 45% value enhance PDRA01 renewals.

Only a actually quick message.

The CAA has confirmed that it’ll not enhance its cost for a PDRA01 OA renewal by 45%.  In the event you noticed the final Eyeup weblog, you’d have been rightfully involved that you could be be charged an unreasonable enhance from April the first for a PDRA01 OA renewal.  The rise was going to be the distinction between this yr’s renewal value of £217 and the brand new April 1st value of £314.  An enormous enhance of just about £100!

Eyeup’s weblog went out on LinkedIn and different social platforms on 2nd February and was seen by hundreds, together with a great few inside Aviation Home.

The nice information is that the regulator seems to have listened to complaints and has revised its coverage in the suitable path.

There can be a typical pricing from the first April as beforehand reported.  Nonetheless, the same old annual enhance can be primarily based on the decrease value renewal cost somewhat than the upper new software charge.

Working my abacus and including 8.3% to the present £217 takes us to £235 which, though greater than anyone would need, is much better than the £314 it was going to be.

Thanks CAA from the entire Particular Class PDRA01 OA-holder group.

We’ll be digging into this story and what it might inform us about our regulator on the Geeksvana Very Particular Community quickly!