The exact skill the FAA tests — and the exact skill a real remote pilot needs. Fly a route across controlled airspace, hold authorization for one airport but not the next, dodge a restricted area and a stadium TFR, and decide: proceed, reroute, or get authorization first?
Under 14 CFR 107.41, flying in Class B, C, D, or surface Class E needs prior ATC authorization (LAANC / DroneZone). An approval covers that facility and grid only.
Click START, then click to add waypoints toward DEST. Finish on the destination.
Class G is uncontrolled — fly freely below 400 ft AGL. Class B, C, D, and surface E are controlled: you need authorization first.
LAANC approval is tied to a specific facility and altitude grid. Cleared at one airport does not clear you at the next one down the route.
Restricted and prohibited areas and active TFRs are off-limits. Reroute — altitude doesn't buy you in, and "I didn't know" isn't a defense.
If you can't get authorization in time, you reroute around it or you don't fly that leg. That decision is the job.
Based on 14 CFR §107.41 (operation in controlled airspace), §107.45 (operation in prohibited/restricted areas), and the LAANC authorization process. Airspace shown is a teaching schematic, not a navigation chart.
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