PILOT-IN-
Command
CLIENT
PAYLOAD
OPERATOR
OBSERVER
12. Flight Team Composition
12.1. Qualification Requirements and Currency
All personnel operating as Pilot-In-Command for Leicester Drones must be at least eighteen years of age
and have undertaken the following :-
BNUC-S
TM
Qualification (Theory Examination & Flight Operations Examination)
Leicester Drones pilots are required to maintain operational currency standards by ensuring that they
operate an aircraft for at least thirty minutes flight time every calendar month. This may be completed
with training flights or in extreme circumstances such as periods of adverse weather conditions, a flight
simulator may be permitted. All Leicester Drones pilots are required to submit an up-to-date ‘Pilot
Hours’ logbook to EuroUSC
TM
once a year as requested.
12.2. Crew Health
It is the responsibility of the individual to determine if they are in a physically and mentally fit condition
to operate as part of the Flight Crew for Leicester Drones. All Flight Crew members must be capable of
clearly reading a vehicle registration number plate from twenty metres distance. Leicester Drones Flight
Crew members shall not operate if they are under the influence of alcohol. Leicester Drones also has a
strict no drugs policy. All Flight Crew members taking prescription drugs should seek professional
guidance and also advise the Pilot-In-Command. Any Flight Crew members should advise the Pilot-In-
Command or Observer if an aircraft is in flight immediately if they feel unable to continue with their
assigned responsibilities. All Leicester Drones Pilots are limited to a maximum of sixty minutes of flight
time in any twenty four hour period.