SteveC wrote:They did work on many options as a matter of fact. Some of us in the industry were even consulted. The suggestion all along was the we stayed an associate member of EASA the same as Norway, Switzerland etc. There would be contractual changes that would not take a large amount to implement and we would lose our vote but it would deliver a seamless transition and protect all aspects of aviation. However some people's insistence on having no involvement with the ECJ makes this impossible. God knows what the issue is with that but apparently its unacceptable. Therefore we are stuck with being outside EASA and and basically an ICAO state. This will keep aviation flying but will cost UK jobs in both commercial aviation and training and mean that people holding a UK licence in the future who want to work in the EU will have to follow the same conversion process as ICAO licence holders do now. Take a look in CAP804 and Part FCL for those requirements. Those same requirements that the FAA certificate holders have complained about for years...........
But until something is actually placed in black and white confirming this nobody really knows.
Those currently holding a UK EASA licence flying commercially will still hold an EASA commercial licence after Brexit and be able to continue flying exactly what they flying now keeping that EASA licence current in the normal way, those flying UK registered aircraft commercially will also be unaffected using a UK commercial licence which can also be issued alongside their EASA licence.
The people who could really be affected by the UK not being an associate member of EASA the same as Norway and Switzerland will be those wishing to train in the UK in the future unless the UK commercial licence is transferable to their NAA licence as in the past.
Or am I missing something ?
Who specifically are these
some people ?
However some people's insistence on having no involvement with the ECJ makes this impossible.