I live in Mallorca, Spain, and have my A1/A3 certificate.
I'm 15 years old, but I still fly drones, the minimum age here is 16... oh well, I'm 16 soon anyway.
But why are the regulations here so strict compared to US' FAA?
I have seen videos of people registering on LAANC and flying in big cities with no problem, with authorization.
In Spain, that's nearly impossible, AESA will not give you any permission if you're not a commercial pilot.
I had no problems with flying in Mallorca, authorities aren't so interested in drones (for now), but for example, in Madrid or Barcelona, it is a real problem.
And also the Spanish government is breaking the EASA rules, because here the A1 category is up to 900 grams, not 500g like in all other countries, by EASA, the country can't change the Open Category Classification, including the weight limit. So clearly Spain doesn't know what they are doing.
And don't even let me get started about Aeroscope... they are sneaky tracking drones in Madrid and Barcelona (probably in other big cities too) and then put you a 250K euro fine for flying in their HUGE 12km radius Controlled Airspace...
Oh, and what can I even say about the C-Marking: plain stupidity, doesn't lead to anything.
Comparing the EU drone laws to US, there is a big difference, here you even need to register the mini 2, because it has camera (genius, I know... nah, just plain annoying)!
What do you think about this? Normal or not?
I'm 15 years old, but I still fly drones, the minimum age here is 16... oh well, I'm 16 soon anyway.
But why are the regulations here so strict compared to US' FAA?
I have seen videos of people registering on LAANC and flying in big cities with no problem, with authorization.
In Spain, that's nearly impossible, AESA will not give you any permission if you're not a commercial pilot.
I had no problems with flying in Mallorca, authorities aren't so interested in drones (for now), but for example, in Madrid or Barcelona, it is a real problem.
And also the Spanish government is breaking the EASA rules, because here the A1 category is up to 900 grams, not 500g like in all other countries, by EASA, the country can't change the Open Category Classification, including the weight limit. So clearly Spain doesn't know what they are doing.
And don't even let me get started about Aeroscope... they are sneaky tracking drones in Madrid and Barcelona (probably in other big cities too) and then put you a 250K euro fine for flying in their HUGE 12km radius Controlled Airspace...
Oh, and what can I even say about the C-Marking: plain stupidity, doesn't lead to anything.
Comparing the EU drone laws to US, there is a big difference, here you even need to register the mini 2, because it has camera (genius, I know... nah, just plain annoying)!
What do you think about this? Normal or not?