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A Part 135 certificate is a meaningful delivery milestone, but it does not create a reliable service by itself. The operating test is whether every order can move safely through dispatch, loading, flight, handoff, recovery, and exception handling.
Health Canada's final RPAS pesticide policy creates a path for aerial-labelled products, but operators still need disciplined label review, crew roles, PPE, calibration and provincial approvals.
FAA and Transport Canada signals point to a larger commercial drone base, but the hard part is shifting from interest to repeatable operations, approvals and operator discipline.
Transport Canada's current guidance draws a sharper line between the Canadian pilot certificate requirement and the situations where foreign pilots still need an SFOC-RPAS.
A Part 107 certificate does not show an expiration date, but pilots still need current aeronautical knowledge. The FAA requirement is online recurrent training every 24 calendar months.
Transport Canada's July Drone Zone update adds six information sessions for NPA 2026-005. Operators should use the sessions to sharpen written feedback before September 9.
Drone Delivery Canada's Care by Air approval is not new, but it remains one of Canada's clearest examples of how Transport Canada treats BVLOS cargo flights carrying hazardous payloads.
Bill C-15 gives Transport Canada clearer authority around drone security risks, including authorizations for certain entities to interdict drones that present security threats.
FAA data cited by DRONELIFE shows 601 reported drone sightings near airports from April through June 2026, up from 320 in the previous quarter.
