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Questions about the 333 Q If my business already has a 333
Exemption, can we choose to
Exemption and Part 107 continue operating under it?
Is there an advantage?
Yes, you have the option to operate under your
Q If my business already has a 333 333 Exemption until it expires. You must choose,
Exemption, do we automatically though—you can’t alternate between the terms
get Part 107, or do we have to file of your 333 Exemption and Part 107. Companies
a new application? whose 333 Exemptions allow certain operations not
allowed under Part 107 without an additional waiver
Good news—there’s no need to apply for Part 107.
As a piece of legislation, businesses simply need to (night flights, for example) may find it worthwhile to
familiarize themselves with the rule and then follow it. continue operating under their 333 Exemptions.
Q My company’s 333 Exemption has an Q Under my 333 Exemption, my company
expiration date—will there be one for was responsible and held accountable
Part 107 too? for safe operations. Under Part 107, is it
now the pilot and not the company that
Part 107 is a federal law that applies to all commercial is responsible and held accountable for
UAV operations involving aircraft weighing less than safe operations?
55 lbs, and it does not have an expiration date.
Remember that a Section 333 Exemption is just that—
an exemption from existing regulations. The petition
for exemption was a statement of the restrictions and
procedures that a business would use to ensure that
the operation would be just as safe as fully complying
with the regulations. Exemptions were granted to
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