Yes AirData does a good job of it. I’ve used it for the last five years to get the the data for renewals. You do have to pay for it though and it can be a pain inputting all the serial nos etc for all the drones and batteries but it only has to be done once.
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You can get Excel to do pretty much what you want using a combination of cell formulas and VBscript …
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#DATEDIF
You’re very kind but I give up. I don’t have the logical mind for this🙄
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Indeed. When i renewed my OA a couple of months ago and saw how much more they wanted, i had a hard think and realised that i either fly the M300 or i fly the Mini 3. The Mini 3 has been an amazing buy, and so i fly A1 open with the Mini 3 unless I really need the M300 e.g. for the multispectral stuff.
With the increase in requirements, the only drone i have on the OA now is the M300.
(Strangely, although my M300 synchronises with AirData, i cannot get my Mini 3 to, no matter what i try, i have to upload the flight logs manually. Ho hum.)
I agree with others that this all feels like an attempt to push the small drone users out of the market to leave space for the big corporates to play. Wonder how long it will be before chunks of our airspace are “licensed” for exclusive use, sold to the highest bidder like parts of the electromagnetic spectrum have been… 
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Hi,
On the subject of Operational Authorisation, I have been looking through the CAP722 etc and it would seem that not has changed since March 2023. Would you guys agree? I’m due to renew and wondered if my Ops manual needed updating too? Comments and thoughts welcome please.
There’s more contingency planning, ie precipitation🙄 and more info wanted in the flight/battery/maintenance records. They also wanted all references to NQE’s removed with regard to the need for a pilot having a current GCV. There was also…
Advisory - In your Operations Manual you have stated compliance to UK Reg (EU) 2019/947. This is correct; however, in line with section 5 of Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023, every reference to Regulation (EU) 2019/947 as retained (and amended in UK domestic law) must be replaced with ‘’Assimilated Regulation (EU) 2019/947’’.
Please amend your Operations Manual accordingly at your earliest convenience.
‘All operations will be carried out in accordance with the issued Operational Authorisation PDRA-01 and abide by the requirements of (Assimilated Regulation (EU) 2019/947) UAS Implementing Regulation 2019/947, its AMC (Acceptable Means of Compliance) and ANO 2016/765 or ANO 2016 as amended’.
Have fun.
Many Thanks Marcus, that’s appreciated. Fun indeed, it doesn’t get easier does it!!