Which scenario requires supervision by the remote PIC?

Which scenario requires supervision by the remote PIC?

• A. Non-PIC manipulating controls under supervision
• B. Daylight operations
• C. Fully autonomous flight
• D. A manual control transfer to another operator

Answer: (A)

The situation that requires the remote PIC to supervise is when someone other than the remote PIC is actively manipulating the aircraft’s controls under supervision. In this setup, the remote PIC has to oversee that person’s actions to ensure safety, compliance, and the ability to intervene if anything goes awry. Daylight operations or fully autonomous flight by themselves don’t involve a non-PIC actively controlling the drone, so they don’t mandate that supervisory relationship in the same way. Transferring manual control to another operator is a handoff situation, not ongoing supervision of a non-PIC, so the explicit supervision requirement doesn’t apply in the same sense here.

The situation that requires the remote PIC to supervise is when someone other than the remote PIC is actively manipulating the aircraft’s controls under supervision. In this setup, the remote PIC has to oversee that person’s actions to ensure safety, compliance, and the ability to intervene if anything goes awry. Daylight operations or fully autonomous flight by themselves don’t involve a non-PIC actively controlling the drone, so they don’t mandate that supervisory relationship in the same way. Transferring manual control to another operator is a handoff situation, not ongoing supervision of a non-PIC, so the explicit supervision requirement doesn’t apply in the same sense here.