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New FAA Public Safety Part 107 Obstructed Shielding Waiver Guide UPDATED 11/14/2024

Updated: Jan 13

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Public Safety Obstructed Shielding Waiver Checklist


Public Safety Obstructed Shielding Agency Submission Letter (example) - Put on Agency Letterhead



Public Safety Organizations who are interested in the PSO Shielded Ops waiver to 107.31(BVLOS) 107.39 (Ops Over People) and 107.145 (Ops Over Moving Vehicles)


Issues that have arisen with some recent PSO-SO applications that are getting returned or denied:


  • Submitting a letter that is NOT on the organization’s letterhead. 


  • Not stating in that letter (on the organization’s letterhead) that they are certifying to the FAA that their organization meets the definition of PSO in PL 118-63, section 926(e). 


  • Letter unsigned by the Responsible Person.


  • Some are submitting Public Declaration Letters, which is for use with entities seeking to operate as a Public Aircraft under Part 91. Two different things here. A PDL is not acceptable for this PSO-SO waiver because the PDL states they want to operate as a public aircraft, which is part 91. I suspect many of those don’t understand what the FAA definition is of a public aircraft vs civilaircraft, and don’t understand that public aircraft is different than public safety per title 14 CFR.


  • Submitting a checklist not signed by the Responsible Person.  We’re not going to accept unsigned checklists or checklists that are not signed and initialed by the Responsible Person.


  • Failure to provide a brief description of the types of operations in that letter, and/or failure to explain why they need to go BVLOS, OOP or OOMV. This description doesn’t have to be a novel, but 107.200 requires us to ask for that description and justification. It may be obvious to them that public safety missions necessitate this sometimes, but the reg requires us to have them give some typical examples as justification.


  • Not answering all the questions.

 
 
 

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18 ene

If I was able to satisfy all other items on the checklist (except #1), is there any particular reason to not allow operation from a drone in a box? Is there a way to get approval under part 107 for that currently?


Similarly for #17 what would it take to get that 1 statute mile distance from the RPIC increased (or eliminated entirely)?

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24 nov 2024

Charles, I see in the checklist this is not for DFR or Drone in a Box. Is the intended use of this shielded ops waiver to be for patrol deployed drones?

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