Hi all, I went to check my own CAA registration details on their (currently beta) website.
When I entered my Flyer ID and name/surname, I got the message “No Registration Found”.
There was an option on the error page saying, “If you’re unsure, please ask the person you’re checking to review their details in the My registration area, or in their original registration email.” When I checked the details there, everything was correct.
I’ve sent an email to the CAA about this issue, acknowledging that the site is still in Beta.
My main concern is that law enforcement or any members of the public wishing to authenticate your CAA details via this website could challenge any CAA documents that you have on you as being iffy?
The trouble is, there is always someone who wants to go to extremes to check details, from my own personal experience when flying my Mini 2 at 6;30am on an empty Crown Estates beach when I was approached by a member of the angry brigade.
These self appointed ‘jobsworths’ are all over the place. The best thing to do is ask them if they hold an official position of any type and if not then they can call the police who will check your ID…That should satifsy them and if it does not then you tell them YOU will call the police and complain of harassment.
Luckily I had a screengrab I’d taken on my phone from Dronescene of the area, showing the Crown Estates & drone regs in the bright pink. I showed him this after I’d tried to engage positively with the chap. but he was on a mission and said he would report me regardless to the local council. I said that was his prerogative after I showed him my ID on the Mini2, not giving him my personal details though. But this is what made me decide to see what checks anyone can do via the CAA - hence my posting.