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Flying by the rules: conduct, safety, and the waiver system

Certification tells you who may fly. This chapter tells you how you must behave once you're airborne — and what to do when things go wrong or you need an exception.

In this chapter

• +What the remote pilot in command is legally responsible for before, during, and after every flight
• +The conduct rules that can ground you — careless operation, moving-vehicle limits, and alcohol and drug restrictions
• +When an incident must be reported to the FAA, and how the waiver system lets you fly outside the standard rules