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Looks ok for a flight.....

It may seem like a relatively simple statement. "Today, looks good for a flight". If a customer is waiting for drone work to be completed and it's the morning of the scheduled flight, or the drone pilot has turned up unexpected, they may reassure the client, by saying something along the lines of.... "Today, looks good for a flight". This would be the same of someone who is qualified, and a friend who 'flies drones'. But there is a huge difference between these statements when spoken by a qualified drone pilot and someone who isn't. If a qualified drone pilot says 'looks ok' what they actually means is .... They will have completed a site survey and found a location safe to take off from, within the limits laid down by law. It means they will know where the closest airfield is and have contact details for the local ATC, they will feel confident to alert them should anything relevant happen. They will have checked the wind spe