Proposed UK registration cost - You can respond

[Spikey0321]

Charge proposal for the UK Drone Registration Scheme - Civil Aviation Authority - Citizen Space

Find and participate in consultations run by the Civil Aviation Authority.

consultations.caa.co.uk

The CAA and department for transport have released their proposals for the costs of UK registration, £16.50 per year.

We still have an opportunity to respond back and let our feelings be known.

 

[Spikey0321]

Here is what the BFMA have to say regarding the new proposals.

CAA proposes £16.50 annual registration charge - Act Now!

Following the recent sudden announcement of Flight Restriction Zones around protected aerodromes capturing the operation of all unmanned aircraft of any weight and at any height (and the unreasonable three week notice period given for our clubs and m

bmfa.org

 

[BobbyBrownPants]

Objection registered. £10 a year from 170,000 operators is sufficient adequate to run a national database. The police run their property register on a lot less.

 

[pross]

Objected.

 

[FoxhallGH]

£16.50 p.a. is a lot considering that there is VERY little benefit to us from the scheme. It's touted as a "user pays" scheme, and yet, the Authorities - who are the people who want this, not us - are not putting anything toward it ... I have registered objections

 

[JohnChap]

It's another government money-making racket!

 

[Peter Hughes]

It's another government money-making racket!

I agree. It certainly seems that way. I objected and pointed out the cost of US registration as a comparison.
I also expressed the view that a further clarification was needed for the proposed figure ie £16.50 a year. Is that per person or per craft?
I also wonder if one identical rate for professionals and hobby flyers is fair?

I guess all we can do is put our thoughts forward and hope someone listens

 

[zocalo]

Thanks for the heads up. Objection raised.

 

[Gorm]

Charge proposal for the UK Drone Registration Scheme - Civil Aviation Authority - Citizen Space

Find and participate in consultations run by the Civil Aviation Authority.

consultations.caa.co.uk

The CAA and department for transport have released their proposals for the costs of UK registration, £16.50 per year.

We still have an opportunity to respond back and let our feelings be known.

I just registeret in Irland for noncommercial use and their fee was 5 Euro

 

[JohnChap]

If the fee is too high, some (like me) might opt not to register. After all, who is going to be policing it?

 

[zocalo]

£16.50 p.a. is a lot considering that there is VERY little benefit to us from the scheme. It's touted as a "user pays" scheme, and yet, the Authorities - who are the people who want this, not us - are not putting anything toward it ... I have registered objections

Agree 100% with this. A one-off registration fee for setup and initial verification then a negligable admin charge for updates to personal details requiring re-validation, perhaps. £16.50/year just to "manage" data is way too much, especially since they need existing drone owners to voluntarily sign up to this, legal stick not withstanding.

On that basis, I've taken the opportunity of their feedback form to suggest they offer a few incentives to registration to provide a bit of a carrot as well. Making the registration a "PfCO lite" for limited commercialisation of imagery, and providing more offical legal support for when/where registered pilots can fly, for instance.

 

[TonyMpro]

complaint registered, thieving gits, typical government fleecing techniques

 

[Cruithnig]

My complaint/rant registered also.
They might listen to people or they'll do what they normally do. Do what they want and charge what they want...

complaint registered, thieving gits, typical government fleecing techniques

 

[Scubadiver1944]

Having been a qualified scuba diver for over 40 years and now diving solely in tropical coral reef areas of the world and having forsaken the chilly, low visibility waters of the UK some 20 years ago, I decided that it might be nice to complement the underwater and land video I shoot with a few minutes of aerial footage on my trips abroad several times a year. Accordingly, in March this year I discovered there was a drone flyers club near to where I live and have taken the opportunity to gain as much experience with them in mastering drone flying techniques as possible, which I intend to continue for the next 6 months or so. After which, if these CAA & government requirements are enacted into law, I shall pack my drone away in it's carrying case until my next dive trip to some far distant destination, usually complete with jungle covered hills sweeping down to crystal clear coral-reef waters, lapping some golden beach and forsake forever the dubious pleasures of flying my Mavic in the increasingly few spots in the UK one is allowed by various authorities to fly.
I may own a drone but if I have no intention of ever flying it again in this country then I have no need to register it or pay their £16.50 per year if I've understood their proposed regulations correctly, right? Congratulations Messrs government and bureaucrats, if you get 170,000 sign-ups for this swindle I'll be surprised! Come to think of it, how about raising more funds for the government by having licences for taking photos/video with your mobile phone, video camera or DSLR anywhere in the UK? Wouldn't that be a nice little earner!

 

[FoxhallGH]

One thing that's interesting here - is that the BMFA thought they were all OK and outside of all this petty stuff going on about drones ... However, according to the consultation doc' - this registration scheme is also going to apply to all RC model aircraft and helicopters ... That's where the CAA gets the 170,000 figure from (and note that's an estimate based on a 50% take-up on the base that they actually believe is there). The BMFA thought they could just buy the popcorn and sit and watch the fun as those annoying droner's were jumped upon by the CAA ... Not so!
https://consultations.caa.co.uk/fin...oneregistrationchargeconsultationdocument.pdf

The BMFA are already prompting their membership to complain like crazy!
CAA proposes £16.50 annual registration charge - Act Now!

 

[Cruithnig]

If this goes ahead they possibly could end up with a lot of untrained people with unregistered craft flying anywhere.
If the police military and press can't stop or photograph an (alleged) single drone flying around a major UK airport imagine what it could be like.
The British government couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery with help, a map and a bottle that says drink me on it......[emoji2959][emoji2959][emoji2959]
Sorry rant over......

 

[The Fat Controller]

I objected. Irish drone registration is €5 (£4.84 at current exchange rates), so £16.50 welcome to rip-off Britain. Would be happy to pay £10 as a one-off fee, can't see why they want me to register annually. Once I'm in the database that should be it. Understand that they might need commercial users to register every year to keep track but how many drones do hobby users have and how often do they change them?

 

[Cruithnig]

Ireland €5 for two years and in US it $5 for three years. So how did the UK come up with £16.50 per year.......?????

 

[Bigal]

Typical rip off Britain. Soon they’ll charge us to breath! We need to stand up and say no, £16.50 is way too much. In principle the idea is a good one, just needs more consultation and I think more listening to all model fliers views.

 

[FoxhallGH]

Typical rip off Britain. Soon they’ll charge us to breath! We need to stand up and say no, £16.50 is way too much. In principle the idea is a good one, just needs more consultation and I think more listening to all model fliers views.

Ageed - and the other parties lobbying for the 'draconian' clamp-down on our rights to a leisure hobby, should be included in the 'users pay' equation ... It must be nice for the likes of the Airline Pilots Association to sit up on their high-horse and impose regulatory statutes on drone users, and also - insist that drone users pay for that regulation they have pushed to impose! Great! That doesn't seem like the Democracy I signed up to ...