Flying for money.....

[Haleswoodcrew]

Dear All,

I am flying DJI 550 hexacopter s and a seriously modified WKM Xaircraft X650 v8. The aerial footage on both has been outstanding.

I now want to fly for money. The aim is to do some images of properties etc..

I don't have a BNUCS or BMFA B Certificate.

I do have a EASA Commercial Pilots Licence (and Frozen Airline Transport Pilots Licence) including instrument and flying instructor licence. I teach people to fly for money and do corporate work for money....

I do have BMFA insurance etc..

I know that there is very little to compare multi copters and full size, but could anyone give me a steer on this subject?


Kind regards


Richard

 

[Stacky]

This is Jason Hawkes, he does his photography via full size helicopters. Go through his website here http://jasonhawkes.com/

 

[Benjamin Kenobi]

Sounds like you know what I'm going to say. You'll need a BNUC-S if you want to make money (or 'valuable consideration' as the CAA like to say!). I have done the ground school part and found it brilliant. Covers a lot and sets out the complete procedures to be followed.

Your previous experience will be invaluable. There are naturally many parallels to manned aviation.

You then put together an operations manual, submit it, then a live flight test against that manual.

I recommend starting the BNUC-S sooner rather than later. It will help direct you.

Cool?

 

[swisser]

You have to do BNUC-S, at the moment. I tried talking to the CAA about short-circuiting the process as a qualified PPL/IR, but they were having none of it, mostly because of the practical part of the certificate and the ops manual requirement. Therefore I think it likely that your CPL and IR and frozen ATPL won't help you, alas, other than making the ground school exam a bit easier. Technically you could take your theory knowledge and do the BNUC exam without doing the ground school, but you'd struggle - there is a little bit of air law and met, but mostly it's stuff that you wouldn't have covered in your ATPL exams. On the upside, you'll find the ground school exam a piece o' cake, and if you've done a bit of flying with your existing copters you'll fly through the practical exam too, since it's mostly about following your own checklists and SOPs.

Good luck!