When do you need a RePL? — transcript

00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:04.235 When do you need a Remote Pilot Licence? It depends on why you fly,

00:00:04.235 --> 00:00:05.198 and what you fly.

00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:14.497 Meet three pilots. A hobbyist flying for fun. A farmer working their own land.

00:00:14.497 --> 00:00:16.654 And a contractor, paid to fly.

00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.897 The hobbyist flies just for fun. No drone registration,

00:00:23.897 --> 00:00:29.326 RePL or operator accreditation is needed. Just follow the drone safety rules.

00:00:30.400 --> 00:00:35.634 The farmer flies their own medium drone over land they own or lease,

00:00:35.634 --> 00:00:39.805 with no payment involved: more than twenty-five kilos,

00:00:39.805 --> 00:00:45.342 up to and including a hundred and fifty. That needs a RePL, but no ReOC.

00:00:45.692 --> 00:00:51.532 The contractor is paid to fly a drone over two kilos. That's commercial: a RePL,

00:00:51.532 --> 00:00:56.435 plus operating under a ReOC, the operator's certificate. Their own,

00:00:56.435 --> 00:00:58.309 or another ReOC holder's.

00:00:58.659 --> 00:01:02.462 Payment for drone services, in any form, makes it commercial.

00:01:02.462 --> 00:01:05.529 Flying for a business can count too, even unpaid.

00:01:05.879 --> 00:01:09.334 With a RePL, you can work for a ReOC holder,

00:01:09.334 --> 00:01:13.403 or apply for your own ReOC and run a drone business.

00:01:14.379 --> 00:01:18.324 It shows the type and weight category you can fly, and it doesn't expire.

00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:25.289 Quick check. A farmer sprays their own paddock with a medium drone, unpaid.

00:01:25.289 --> 00:01:26.391 What do they need?

00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:31.789 A RePL. No ReOC.

00:01:32.139 --> 00:01:33.941 Start with the free Air Law sample.