If you’re going to become a commercial drone pilot, it pays to know what the end of the journey might look like so you can reasonably decide how much time and money to spend getting there … and you will spend a lot of both.Īs the moderator of Australia’s largest online forum for commercial drone operators, I often tell newcomers to the group that “… if you expect to make money from flying a drone, you’re fooling yourself”. The purpose of this post is to set some more realistic expectations about what drone pilots can and do earn in Australia, and why. That’s not to say they did not research this well, but there was a lot of hype around drones in 2016 and it’s reasonable to expect they got caught up in it like everyone else. With all respect to FYA (Foundation for Young Australians) they are a bunch of optimistic young people looking for issues to get themselves media coverage about. With all respect to Mr Mahmood Hussein (who I’ve never met and know nothing about), he is a drone pilot trainer who has a vested interest in more people wanting to become drone pilots because that’s how he makes his money.
When you read articles like this it pays to look at who is making the claims. (If you like this article, please give us some love on Facebook by commenting, sharing or at least giving us a “Like” for our trouble… if you’re in need of drone services, please check out our Drone Services page.)
This claim, and others like it, set a lot of people on the path to getting the Remote Aircraft Pilot’s licence (RePL) and/or their Remote Aircraft Operator’s Certificate (ReOC). How (not) to make your fortune as a drone pilotĪbout three years ago now, the Australian edition of the Huffington Post online newspaper claimed that being a drone pilot would be the “job of the future” and that drone pilots could expect to earn $100,000 to $150,000 a year.
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