One standard. Every program.
Each Draganfly platform gets a Platform Qualification Standard (PQS) — one document defining every task a qualified pilot must perform, to what measurable standard, where it is trained, and how it is evaluated. The same standard produces all six training programs — initial, recurrent, transition, mission-specific, customer, and instructor — each one built by applying a rule to the same task list, so they stay consistent with each other and each is faster to build than the last.
This site is the working demonstration: the standard, the system that derives every program from it, the instructor and records machinery around it, and two complete courses in the learning management system (LMS).
Download the one-page framework brief (PDF)
Every course follows the same sequence
Ground school first, then flight training — in the same order on every platform: 1. Operating Limitations 2. Immediate Action Memory Items 3. Aircraft & Payload Systems 4. Normal Operations — takeoff, landing, VLOS flying 5. Emergency Procedures 6. Mission-Specific Operations, including mission planning.
What’s on this site
| Page | What it defines | The working sample inside |
|---|---|---|
| The Training System | How one standard per aircraft generates all six programs. | What actually has to be retrained moving a pilot from the Heavy Lift to the Commander 3XL, and a 30/60/90 execution plan. |
| Qualification Standards | The standard itself — every task measurable, every task cited to a manual section. | PQS-HL-01 — the Heavy Lift’s qualification standard, complete: 45 tasks built from the Heavy Lift Operator’s Manual and the Herelink GCS Pilot’s Manual. |
| Instructor Standardization | How multiple instructors grade the same flight the same way. | A written grading standard with a worked Manual landing entry, the qualification path from candidate to evaluator, and the calibration method. |
| Currency & Records | Who is current to fly what, and the record that proves it. | The data model, a sample signed grade sheet, and a working prototype of the currency matrix. |
| Courses | The output — training programs derived task-for-task from the standard. | HL-IQ-01 pilot initial qualification and IP-IQ-01 instructor qualification, both live in the LMS. |
Two working courses
Both courses run in the learning management system (LMS), derived task-for-task from PQS-HL-01, the Heavy Lift’s qualification standard. HL-IQ-01 is the full pilot initial qualification for the Heavy Lift, built in the sequence above; IP-IQ-01 is the leaner instructor qualification that teaches how to deliver and grade it.
