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We notified our intention to update SC.VTOL issue 1, which had been published prior to EU exit. EASA published issue 2 to their document in 2024 in light of developing knowledge and harmonisation efforts with other NAA. The CAA has determined that our version Issue 1 of SC.VTOL needs to be similarly revised.

There were 2 external comments.

1 expressed support for the initiative and our work to harmonise with other NAAs undertaking similar projects.
No action for CAA.
1 expressed a concern regarding the various terms being used to describe this new category of aircraft.

The CAA notes this comment and supports the efforts being made to converge on a unified designation. We look forward to ICAO establishing a consensus designation at which point we will review how this could be integrated into our broader regulations framework.
Minor editorial errors were identified requiring “EASA” to be replaced with “CAA” in a number of places.

The text of UK.SC.VTOL Iissue 2 will be published unchanged, apart from the minor editorial corrections to replace “EASA” with “CAA” where appropriate.

It is vital that CAP 1724 Flying Display Pilot Authorisation and Evaluation: Requirements and Guidance remains up-to-date and relevant, and that the CAA’s guidance material in these areas remains proportionate, clear and unambiguous.

We asked for feedback from the regulated community on proposed amendments to CAP 1724 ahead of the 2025 display season. 

We compiled a draft of CAP 1724 Edition 7 and consulted on it over four working weeks from 16 January 2025 to 12 February 2025. 

We received a total of 48 unique comments to the draft CAP 1724 from 15 respondents.  

Of all the comments, 27 clearly conveyed some sort of change and 21 were either unclear / not specific or suggested no changes, many being purely comments.  21% of all the comments supported the proposed amendments.

Of the 27 conveying a change, 17 were textual in nature, suggesting revised wording or highlighting minor drafting / clarification points, several being duplicated between respondents.  The other 10 comments were more substantive, calling for some sort of change of the underlying policy. 

We accepted 4 of the 27 comments suggesting some sort of change (15%).  3 of these comprised of rewording content or the addition of further information for additional clarification, we have tried to take a balanced view on what would be helpful.  The other comment concerned a minor policy change.

Of the remaining 23, 8 concerned points that were already covered elsewhere (either in this CAP or CAP403), 7 concerned issues that are beyond the scope of this CAP, 1 suggested a change that had already been made, 2 were unclear / not specific and 5 were aimed at sensitive text that we are unable to change.

Regarding the 10 more substantive comments we received, we implemented 1. Of those we elected not to implement, some were beyond the scope of CAP 1724, others were covered adequately either in this document or elsewhere, some concerned suggestions for unacceptable changes to policy and it was considered that the remaining might have further unintended consequences.

We have produced a final version of CAP 1724 Edition 7 which was published on 10 March 2025. 

For comments on the Notification of Intention to Surrender the Type Certificate for the HS 748 (EASA.A.397 Issue 2). Notification Number UK.CN.00001 provided the full details.

Note that CAA is acting in accordance with ICAO Annex 8, Chapter 1, Section 1.6 (Thirteenth Edition, July 2022) in notifying ICAO Contracting States and States of Registry.

We received no comments during the consultation.

We have informed the Type Certificate holder that the consultation period has ended with no comments. The CAA will provide a further notification advising the date on which the Type Certificate is to be revoked.