Flyer ID
An online theory test, and the first thing to hold. You must have a Flyer ID before you can get any other qualification.
Remote pilot training
The GVC is closing. RPC-L1 is what replaces it.
The GVC stops being issued on 31 December 2027. Certificates already issued are accepted until they expire, so nobody is grounded overnight, but every operator has a conversion or a full course ahead of them. These are the three routes and who each one is actually for.
We put you in touch with our training partners, who deliver the course and the assessment. We take no part in the assessment.
GVC closes 31 December 2027No new certificates are issued after that date.
Existing GVCs run to expiryAccepted where the operational authorisation says a GVC is acceptable.
Near People (A2)What the A2 subcategory is called from 1 January 2026.
Through our training partnersCAA-recognised assessment entities. The course and the certificate are theirs.
Three routes to the same certificate. We put you in touch.
Most operators
RPC-L1 Part A
Online theory, in-person flight assessment
If you hold nothing for specific category work, this is the certificate you need. It replaces the GVC at a broadly similar level, and the theory is done around jobs rather than instead of them.
Ask for an introduction
In the classroom
RPC-L1 Part A
In-person classroom, in-person flight assessment
The same certificate, taught in a room with an instructor in front of you. Worth the difference if that is how you learn, or if you would rather have the theory done inside a couple of days.
Ask for an introduction
GVC holders
GVC to RPC-L1 conversion
Online theory, in-person flight assessment
Only for people who already hold a GVC. Yours stays valid until it expires, so this is a question of when rather than whether, and doing it early costs less disruption than doing it late.
Ask for an introductionTell us which route fits and we put you in touch with one of our training partners, who quote the course and the dates directly.
What each certificate is for. From Flyer ID upwards.
A2 CofC
The route to flying closer to people without an operational authorisation. It is an open category qualification, it is not affected by the GVC change, and from 1 January 2026 the subcategory it covers is called Near People (A2).
GVC
The specific category qualification most UK commercial operators hold today. Existing certificates are accepted until they expire, where the operational authorisation says a GVC is acceptable evidence of competence.
RPC-L1
Broadly the same level of competency as the GVC, split into Part A for visual line of sight and Part B for BVLOS with visual mitigations. This is what an operator starting today should hold.
RPC-L2 and L3
Higher levels for BVLOS work, each built on the one below and on logged hours in the specific category. The hours are a records problem before they are a training problem, which is the part we handle.
UK SORA
A certificate says the pilot is competent. UK SORA is how the operator applies for permission to run the operation, and it replaced the Operating Safety Case on 23 April 2025. That is a separate piece of work, and our UK SORA partners handle it.
See UK SORA supportAfter the course. The certificate goes on the record.
A certificate is a document with an expiry date. An RPC-L1 runs five years, an A2 CofC five, and the higher levels three.
Put it on the pilot record when it arrives and it is flagged before it lapses, carried onto the SOPs generated from that record, and there to hand over when a client or the CAA asks who flew.
Start free and put the record in orderWe do not sell training. Our training partners are CAA-recognised assessment entities, and the course, the assessment and the certificate are entirely theirs.
We put you in touch with the right one and keep the paperwork afterwards. If an introduction earns us anything, it earns it because you were going to need the course either way.
Book the course. Keep the record.
Start free, put your pilots on the record, and the certificate is flagged before it lapses.