An air carrier pilot reported a near midair collision with a drone.

Attributes
ACN	1700262
Time
Date	201911
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	DFW.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

I believe that this situation could have been avoided with an increase in the knowledge requirements to operate an unmanned aircraft. Drones near misses are becoming more common and I feel that an emphasis should be made on keeping a vigilant scan outside the cockpit.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Carrier pilot reported a NMAC with a Drone.

Narrative: I believe that this situation could have been avoided with an increase in the knowledge requirements to operate an unmanned aircraft. Drones near misses are becoming more common and I feel that an emphasis should be made on keeping a vigilant scan outside the cockpit.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.