Good news on Part 107, maybe?

[Bad Santa]

I might have heard some good news.
You know, the stuff that you can't post your source, though it's a reliable source.
Something about the Part 107 being revised a bit.
Can't say too much but it seems there's some possible movement to make the Part 107 a little easier to get.

One of my biggest complaints about the Part 107 is that there's a lot of non-relevant information being tested. Stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with drones.
There might (or might not) be some movement to remove some of the non-relevant knowledge requirements.

The details are NOT public knowledge. I'm doing what I can to be vague enough to not get anyone in trouble.

 

[GadgetGuy]

I might have heard some good news.
You know, the stuff that you can't post your source, though it's a reliable source.
Something about the Part 107 being revised a bit.
Can't say too much but it seems there's some possible movement to make the Part 107 a little easier to get.

One of my biggest complaints about the Part 107 is that there's a lot of non-relevant information being tested. Stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with drones.
There might (or might not) be some movement to remove some of the non-relevant knowledge requirements.

The details are NOT public knowledge. I'm doing what I can to be vague enough to not get anyone in trouble.

Hopefully, no family members involved in the "leak?" LOL!

 

[Bad Santa]

Hopefully, no family members involved in the "leak?" LOL!

Hopefully.

 

[BlueHeeler]

So they're "lowering" the bar ???

 

[hank970]

So they're "lowering" the bar ???

If true, that is good news. I don't know if the bar is too high or too wide or too whatever, but the much of the knowledge needed to pass the Part 107 examination is weighted too heavily toward general aviation concerns and isn't even remotely germane to or necessary for safe and responsible drone operation.

 

[BlueHeeler]

If true, that is good news. I don't know if the bar is too high or too wide or too whatever, but the much of the knowledge needed to pass the Part 107 examination is weighted too heavily toward general aviation concerns and isn't even remotely germane to or necessary for safe and responsible drone operation.

That's correct, I studied and took the Exam in 2022, there were concerns back then as to why the study materials almost resembles that of a private pilot, the response I have always gotten is that the FAA wants Remote Pilots to understand and be advised of what the private pilot must know, especially reading and understanding those Maps, I believe it should be revised and be more geared towards the nuances of being a Remote Pilot.

 

[sawman]

Probably because of the forthcoming Part 108?

 

[tstr14]

So they're "lowering" the bar ???

Ah yes, I can hear it now, just like when the FCC did away with the Morse code requirement for amateur radio licenses. Never mind that the vast majority of radio operators opt for voice over code, the old timers cried foul and gnashed their teeth for more than 30 years over the change. Was it 'dumbing down' the requirements? No, it was just acknowledging that "requirement" was no longer germane to the field, like much of the info required for a 107 is not related to the field.

 

[Bad Santa]

Probably because of the forthcoming Part 108?

And that's a possibility.
Odd thing, though, my contact doesn't have any official knowledge of an impending Part 108. Says it's not something even searchable in the database.