Everything you want to know about FAA Waivers and Authorizations

AUVSI North Carolina Chapter Educational Series in Unmanned Systesm is back with another amazing session – “Everything you want to know about FAA Waivers and Authorizations”

The Federal Aviation Administration has put certain rules in place for commercial and government drone pilots in order to make sure that they can fly safely in the national airspace. Certain requirements can be temporarily waived or authorized, which allows for more flexibility in how drone pilots can fly legally.

This 60 min FREE session will discuss everything you need to know about Part 107 authorizations and waivers, including COAs, LAANC and Tactical BVLOS. It’s very important for drone pilots to stay current with all this information.
The session will be followed by ‘Let’s Talk Drones’ starting at 4pm EST where we have Q&A, global and national drone news and ask us anything session.

Michael O’Shea
Program Manager – FAA Office of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration

Michael O’Shea is a Program Manager for the FAA’s UAS Integration Office’s, Safety & Integration Division where he serves as liaison, facilitator and resource for both public and civil unmanned aircraft integration efforts.
Before joining the UAS Integration Office, Mr. O’Shea was a program manager for 17 years in the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Science and Technology, where he managed the law enforcement aviation technologies program among other duties. As part of his duties at DOJ Mr. O’Shea sat on the Small UAS (Part 107) and Remote Tracking/ID Aviation Rule Making Committees and was the co-author of the MOU between the FAA and DOJ that initiated public safety COAs for UAS. Prior to working at DOJ, Mr. O’Shea spent almost 15 years as a uniformed law enforcement officer.
Mr. O’Shea is a graduate of Baker University (Kansas) with a degree in Business and Marketing. Mr. O’Shea holds a FAA Light-Sport Pilot Certificate (Fixed Wing, Gyroplanes and Powered Parachutes) and a Remote Pilot Certificate.

John Meehan
Aviation Safety Analyst – Commercial and General Aviation Safety Division

John is an Aviation Safety Analyst in the Aviation Safety Line of Business, Office of Flight Standards, Commercial and General Aviation Safety Division located at FAA Headquarters in Washington, DC. John’s role is to provide technical support, subject matter expertise, and UAS related outreach support to the general aviation UAS flying public, and provides UAS specific training and support to FAA Flight Standards District Offices and FAASTeam Program Managers. He also assists in the development of UAS concepts, policies, standards, procedures and guidance related to the safe integration of UAS into the NAS. John is a graduate of West Point and former US Army Helicopter Instructor Pilot and served just over 5 years in the Army as an Aviation Officer before getting his MBA from Boston College. His civilian career has been mostly with private industry, in International Sales and General Management positions. He has worked at three Aircraft Manufacturing companies and run Fixed Base Operations at Stewart Airport in New York
and Washington Dulles Airport in Virginia. Prior to joining the FAA, John was most recently the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Global Sales at Wyvern Ltd, an aviation risk management company based in Yardley, PA.
John holds a Commercial Pilot Certificate with Instrument rating rotary wing, a Private Pilot Rating with Instrument rating, single engine land airplane, and a UAS Remote Pilot Certificate.