Exactly the same boat here. I'm shooting an increasing amount of video, but I'm still mostly a stills guy and use the drone more as a kind of "specialist lens" like my Tilt/Shift, fisheye, and others alongside my Canon 1- and 5- series bodies...
I think you're hitting the nail on the head there and that really summarises my frustration with them, this has been going on for years now and why I don't have any confidence they'll stick with the rules they're proposing now.
I still can't...
I don't see that as straightforward and that doesn't look correct either, where have they said that unmarked C1 equivalent drones can fly in A1? The CAA site states the drones must have the C1 classification:
European C class marks
If your...
I wouldn't be surprised if no manufacturers bother to follow the UK class system (I've seen it with other devices) because it's not worth their time. I'm just fed up of the CAA being able to make their minds up on anything for several years now...