Pilot Institute

Pilot Institute is DroneXL’s Part 107 training partner, and this desk covers both direct licensing guidance and the plain-language FAA rule explainers pilots need once they’re actually flying commercially.

Regulatory literacy is the recent focus. The FAA’s Section 2209 drone rule opened for public comment, with an August 5 deadline to weigh in, the kind of rule change that affects real flight planning long before most pilots would otherwise notice it moving through the FAA’s process. Altitude rules get the same plain-language treatment: there are three legal ways to fly a drone above 400 feet, and one mistake that brings big fines for pilots who misunderstand the exception.

Broader FAA and drone-ban news that affects working pilots directly is tracked here too, including DARPA prize distributions, a lifesaving Everdrone AED delivery in Sweden, and the FCC weighing a ban on DJI drones in the same news cycle.

For general Part 107 background, see the Part 107 category archive and the Part 107 drone license guide. Every Pilot Institute story is in the feed below.