if the CAA is a competent authority as a member state one day then it can also be a competent authority the day after Brexit, simply by acceptance by the EU, they can do that if they choose. I assume the FAA is approved as Boeing’s fly in Europe.
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Hussar 54
The best summary of the situation so far.
The EU is either punishing the UK for leaving the EU ( although it says it isn't ) or is downright negligent in allowing the UK's various aviation bodies and their below-EASA-standards continued membership of EASA.
If the UK's aviation authorities and standards are not good enough for EASA, then the EU should kick the UK out or EASA today, not wait another nine months before kicking them out.
Oh FFS we've covered this repeatedly.
The CAA is only 'competent' because the EASA covers a large range of highly technical aspects that are a requirement for regulators to be able to do. It may be possible to re-intigrate these capabilities in the UK over a longer time scale but the CAA have on lots of occasions stated they CANNOT do this by 'Brexit date' and doubt the cost / benefit of doing it at all.
So our choice is: renew capabilities (can't be done in time) be part of EASA (needs a deal and "not with the UK red lines") or be abandoned by a load of the aviation industry. Guess which one we are heading to.