Abstract 
Concern to drones, UAV, UAS, RPAS or what ever we like to call them, there's an evident lobby which profess that automatism, instead of education and training, will solve the problems inherent to the lack of Knowledge, Skill and Attitude (KSA). Therefore, all together the "UAS" users without any knowledge, might becoming: the future "UASER's generation​". We noticing that some lobby want also to lower the use of the e-learning. Taking in account the International Labour Organization (I.L.O.) policy we might consider that who's profess that drones has to compensate the lack of the training of the pilot, or who provide conservative policy and do not accept the e-learning, would be profoundly unjust. Consequently, beyond industries lack of adequate workforce and/or in parallel to probable safety issues, there's a danger for our society and its growth. A complete harmonized European training syllabus or an Erasmus similar programme might avail the reinforcing and cement the Europe. There is the urgent need, for the drone training activities, to enforce the existing international agreements.​

It is demonstrated by the fact that a large part of UAV users embark in the aviation world, thru drones activities, without any conscience and basic education in that field. It is enough to noticing the huge numbers of irregular operators to get the dimension of the issue.
We may identifying some non exhaustive reasons of that situation:

• General lack of employment;
• The lack of rules convey to the feeling that its free;
• Saturation of the market by uncertified drones;
• The impression that it's a game;
• The unconsciousness of what's aeronautical activities are;
• …

We immediately understanding that all those issues may be covered by efficient information and/or education. We deplore those issues, sometime also "inflated" by news broadcast that show images done by drones, in certain country where normally rules will not authorized such videos, and we assist in parallel at a total absence of information about the risks by the same media. The EASA that produce a leaflet to promote the safety, remain an "EASA's leaflet" and still not diffused in all European countries. We strongly deplore that in our country (Italy) it is the community, left unassisted by the authority, that is obliged to take in charge the prevention and is trying to solve the problem of the general unconsciousness of the risks and the illegals that flight anywhere.

On the other hand, studies quiet clearly demonstrate that the entrance level of knowledge is catastrophic[1]. For any purpose we recall the recommendation of the author of "Remote Pilot Aircraft System (RPAS): just Culture, Human Factors and Learnt Lessons" :

• Make the public aware of the real risks of a collision. It is vital that the RPAS community be safety conscious;
• Reach a minimum acceptable level of safety. In addition, those that have older PPL licenses need to undergo refresher course(s) to increase their knowledge and obtain a high level of current and up-to date knowledge;
• Conduct a careful Risk Assessment in order to ensure the safe running of RPAS and possibly identifying a new methodology to assist in the evaluation of the risks related to the critical operation of RPAS; Ensure a constant and well-structured training to the future RPAS pilots and operators.

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[1] Remote Pilot Aircraft System (RPAS): just culture, human factors and learnt lessons
http://www.sapritalia.com/blog/remote-pilot-aircraft-system-rpas-just-culture-human-factors-and-learnt-lessons

We may read in the I.L.O. policy brief abstract "Countries at all levels of development are finding that adequate education and skills can improve the employability of workers, the productivity of enterprises and the inclusiveness of economic growth... ".
The key message of I.L.O. report are:

• Skills development is the shared responsibility of government, employers and individual workers, with social partners playing a critical role.
• Skills are fundamental to, but not sufficient for, gaining decent jobs: linking skills with employment opportunities and decent work is critical, and skills need to be an integral part of economic growth and employment strategies.
• Lifelong learning is an important goal to be pursued via specific programmes.
• Equal opportunities for education and training must be provided to all, including those engaged in the informal economy.

We totally agree with the fact that the "skills development should not be seen, or provided, in isolation. It is a means to promoting decent work, improving productivity, generating employment growth, and promoting economic and social development. Coordination with other policies and strategies (e.g. national development strategies, sector growth strategies) is therefore critical" (ILO report).
​Therefore, our point of view might be resume as: When you are cultured, refusing to each other the fundamental right to becoming educated too, represent a huge unfairness for that human body but also for the entire society. By consequence we totally disagree the point of view we have heard at past EASA RMT.0230 kick of workshop, defending the point of view that the machine instead of human, will providing  the lack of skill and/or knowledge.

It is the right moment the one in which are fixed the future rules for training and education, to recall the "E-learning: Designing tomorrow's education" initiative that was adopted by the European Commission on 24 May 2000 and seems today be disliked for RPAS training and education by Italy for example.
It is interesting to read about European E-Learning policy[1]: The Europe 2020 strategy acknowledges that Education and Training (E&T) have a strategic role to play for Europe to remain competitive, overcome the current economic crisis and grasp new opportunities. Digital transformation of E&T systems is present in several Europe 2020 flagship initiatives, and boosting digital skills and online learning is among the priorities of President Juncker. Also, the European Commission’s Opening up Education initiative emphasises the need for educational institutions to review their strategies in order to integrate digital technologies in their teaching, learning and organisational practices.
In the 2015 we could read in the "calls for strengthening cooperation in education and training up to 2020 and especially to promote social inclusion", that the six new priorities proposed by the European Commission are:

• Relevant and high-quality skills and competences, focusing on results, for employability, innovation and active citizenship;
• Inclusive education, equality, non-discrimination and promotion of civic competences;
• Open and innovative education and training, including by fully embracing the digital era;
• Strong support for educators;
• Transparency and recognition of skills and qualifications to facilitate learning and labour mobility; and
  
• Sustainable investment, performance and efficiency of education and training systems.

[1] https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcomporg

We will discuss the remarkable case of Italy, that obviously is not the only one model behaviour or a unique case.
​As proof of the unsustainable position of Italy on the international stage, we may report the question done by a Dutch responsible that ask if the "absence of ENAC physical oversight on the exams" is not a problem. During the CivOps of Bruxelles organized by UVSI, it happened at the question time of the ENAC presentation about its new rules and the new training policy. All along, ENAC careful avoid to treat the major issues regard to training that did not be disclose during the presentation.
Instead of that, we where obliged to vigorously disprove ENAC affirmation that said that the restructuring plan of the Italian training organizations was justified by the fact that they were taught only 16 hours theoretical matters. We had to publicly regaining the true, reiterating that at June 2016 when all approvals where cancelled, the minimum amount of hours was 33 hours and some schools were teaching 50 hours of theoretical matters. 
We may also telling that in the ENAC's presentation, exceeding the allotted 15 minutes, we do not hearing nothing about the subject and how they are being taught. Instead of that, we learn that the consultation were done with NATO negotiation technics. Unfortunately, we did not receive precision about who were invited to discuss the new framework and even no information about criteria to choose the members of the roundtable session.
As a resume of the unsustainable ENAC training policy (LIC-15) we may highlight:

• Low amount of theoretical matter and hours to teach;
• No direct oversight of ENAC on exams;
• Exam made with very few demand (24);
• Maximum of 50% amount of courses authorized in e-learning;
• Excessive level of requirement for training centre organization;
• Bureaucratic red tape;
• Rise in price for final user without guarantee of cross-border approval ...

We like to ask if the fundamental function of a CAA is to live thanks to inspections and oversight or if its function is to support the growth taking care of the SMEs.​

We like to recall what Dr. Fang Liu Secretary General of ICAO declare:
"The lack of harmonized competencies in some aviation disciplines and a lack of awareness of the variety and reality of careers in aviation amongst youth are further threatening the sustainability of the global aviation network’s workforce."

​It seems evident that the train is leaving and that we have to jump on the bandwagon. Some are the issues that need to be accurately questioned:

• The question of the automatism that may rob jobs
• The extreme conservatism that deny the goodness of new technology in training.
• The red tape on training organization instead of verifying the real competences.

Those concern, if not correctly addressed, may contribute to inhibit the promises economical growth and to achieve the reachable full employment in that new field. 

Abstract of Sapritalias comunication.
A rapid analysis highlights that the Italian concept of a train is completely based on unknown criteria. At the beginning, in absence of a real framework, in less of one year, 106 schools saw the daylight. All of these schools received the approval from the Italian NAA (ENAC), but on 1 July 2016 all of the approvals were cancelled. The promised list of the new schools was published two and a half months later (mid of September). To our amazement, they were only seven training centers for the entire Italian territory. Some of the new approved training centres are trademark training centres of RPAS designers or manufacturers/integrators. It is well known that in addition to the authorized operators, there are thousands of illegals. The findings of our survey demonstrates that “drone” enthusiasts have a huge lack of basic competencies. The proposed framework for the training in Italy does not take in consideration all the JARUS recommended matters.  Exams will be made by means of only 24 questions under the supervision of the training centre, without any oversight by the NAA. The probable outcome will be that Italian operators using Italian will be unable to compete with other European pilots due to an evident lack of knowledge. Obviously, we already denounce this Machiavellian state of affairs, but the internal situation is so chaotic, that it is even impossible to get a direct line with the responsible person at ENAC, who has not answered any of our calls.

ABSTRACT:
Il CivOps2016 sarà probabilmente ricordato per essere stato quello del cambiamento radicale di metodologia nel fare delle regole e di legiferare in generale.  Fino all’ultimissimo si è discusso di cambiare il classico modo di legiferare dall’alto verso il basso con la commissione Europea. L’Italia è stata rimessa al centro della scacchiera grazie alla forte presenza congiunta delle associazioni e delle autorità. Gli rappresentati Italiani al convegno, hanno ricevuto un forte sostegno da parte di tutti gli attori Europei. Lo slogan “Lasciateci inventare il nostro futuro” è stato recepito da l’Italia ma anche dalle altre nazione presente. L'Italia coinvolta nel processo dovrebbe dottarsi di un CDC. Tutti ammessi ma ricconosciuti solo su base della qualità del lavoro svolto.

QUANDO LA COMMISSIONE EUROPEA CI SORPRENDE.
Causa problemi di trasporto un può per tutti ieri a Bruxelles, pochi hanno avuto la possibilità di assistere agli ultimissimi dibattiti con una partita che si è giocato fino all’ultima. Questo perché il rappresentante della commissione Europea per il trasporto si è presentato a sorpresa. Con i pochi sopravvissuti ancora presente, si è improvvisato una sessione di domande e risposta in totale liberta e confidenza.

Sta proprio cambiando il metodo di elaborazione legislativo nel senso che il pragmatismo vuole che le regole e gli standard siano creati più efficientemente e rapidamente per stroncare il vuoto legislativo Europeo in materia di droni. È ormai evidente che lo sparpagliare delle energie per costruire delle regole Nazionali spesso non è risolutive e diventa di conseguenza uno spreco inutile. Infatti spesso le regole Nazionale proposte alla fine creano più problemi da tutti punti di vista, e in particolare comunitario Europeo, senza risolvere i problemi di fondo. Poi quelli non in linea con le linee guide della JARUS IACOA ecc., come lo abbiamo illustrato nella nostra conferenza, generanno troppi cambiamenti dannosi per tutto il mercato. I Francesi con l’aiuto del BENELUX stanno profondamente rivoluzionando il metodo di elaborazione delle regole e la commissione Europea lo ha capito e lo sosterrà (lo sostiene già).
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L’ITALIA HA FATTO IMPRESSIONE.
Eravamo in tre a rappresentare l’Italia durante il convegno ed è stato molto positivo. Sapritalia come sapete ha rappresentato le associazioni ASSORPAS, FIAPR e UASIT ma c’era anche l’ENAC e a sorpresa, mandando un suo membro, ASSORPAS è venuta a dare manforte . Ricordiamo che i tavoli erano tre ed ero nell'incapacità di seguirle tutte. La nostra presenza ha ovviamente dato un’immagine ben diversa e positive se paragoniamo alle altre volte dove spesso da solo dovevo rappresentare l’Italia.

Anche se ci sono chiare divergenze tra la community e le autorità, il fatto di ritrovarsi lassù in ambito Europeo cambia i rapporti. Le autorità possono prendere la temperatura sia delle loro autorità superiore come l’EASA e la commissione Europea oppure EUROCONTROL e la JARUS ma anche delle diverse community nazionale dei altri paesi. Il vero vantaggio è di potere prendere la reale misura e dimensione delle problematiche viste con una perspettive internazionale.

Poi, come è successo, le autorità ricevono delle domande che possono a volte essere risolutive, come quando un’olandese ha chiesto dopo la presentazione di ENAC se non c’era un "problema" sulle modalità con il quale si svolgono gli esami in Italia con la nuova regolamentazione LIC-15.
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IL METODO DEI CONSIGLI DEI DRONI CIVILE I CDC.
Vi dovrete abituare a questo nuovo acronimo perché UVSI ha veramente fatto una promozione forte con noi delle associazioni e dell’ENAC. L’idea sta nell’imbastire modalità radicalmente diverse per elaborare delle vere e proprie standard e raccomandazioni per la commissione Europea e l’EASA. Il processo è ben lontano del giochino di potere al quale qualcuno già in Italia pensava in seguito al mio articolo precedente (link) sul tema dei CDC. Qua si tratta di un processo basato essenzialmente sul lavoro, le competenze e il merito, valore poco note da noi.

Quindi nella mischia sono già stato convocato un bel può di persone direttamente da UVSI per lanciare il processo da noi in Italia. Lo scopo sarà dunque di produrre gli standard e raccomandazioni elaborate collettivamente con gli altri paesi Europei. Saranno costituiti più gruppi di lavoro che dovranno concludere da qua a giugno 2017, cioè domani.

Appare molto chiaramente che tutto si farà ovviamente in Inglese e che chi non ha tempo a dedicare a questo sforzo che richiederà di lavorare veramente e produrre documenti di tenore all’altezza dei altri paesi, non può pensare partecipare da dilettante. Però lassù non è neanche il titolo di dottore che conta e chi pensa in questi termini è su un pianeta diversa di quella da cui parliamo. Sarà probabilmente un piccolo spaesamento per qualcuno non farsi chiamare più dal suo titolo ma dovrà abituarsi ad essere riconosciuto soltanto sulla base della qualità del suo lavoro e non dalla sua influenza o cerchio di amici.

CONCLUDIAMO
L’opportunità che è da sommare a quella già in atto con il gruppo del “banchetto” attivato ultimamente per lavorare sui commenti del “prototypo” dell’EASA (link) è di importanza capitale. Se questa manovra funziona allora avremmo delle regole Europee in due anni senza troppi cambiamenti intermediari. In caso contrario se il solito atteggiamento da lobbista prende piede saremmo condannati ad un parto molto più doloroso con vari cambiamenti che c’impediranno di vivere dalle nostre attività per molti anni ancora. A me lavorare da illegale e pagato al nero … non interessa, quindi spero trovare il supporto adeguato in Italia. Per questo, le associazioni devono essere sostenute materialmente da i soci.