On Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 1:09:41 AM UTC+13, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 19:47:47 -0700, Bruce Hoult wrote:

It's long been established, for example, that you only need a private in
order to do commercial aerial photography.

In Godzonia, maybe, but not in the UK. You need a appropriate license
here for *any* form of paid airwork and, yes, this does include
commercial photography from drones and RC models.

I can point you to people who have been doing aerial photography in the UK with a private for many years, and hiring others with the same.