Originally Posted by
Meikleour
Denti: Now I am a bit confused! reading the third last paragraph where it says that to continue after the cutoff the UK would have to show compliance with the current EASA rules but that is exactly what it would be doing up to the departure date and nothing happens at midnight to change anything!!!!
Thing is, the UK can diverge from EU rules, whether it chooses to do so or not is not relevant. If the UK enters into a deal with the EU that in effect makes it impossible for the UK to diverge from EU regulations that would make sure it stays compliant and therefore would stay within the EU regulatory framework. A deal would be needed for that, as otherwise, from the EU point of view, point (3) of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty makes it absolutely clear that all treaties of the UK with the EU will cease to exist. And therefore the UK is a third country and will be treated as such. And third countries cannot certify their personal based on EU regulation.
What many in the UK do not seem to grasp, including most of the government, is the simple fact that at the moment there is a simple legal process to be done: Following the rules of the EU for leaving the EU, which means negotiating the separation agreement, which is only a legal document, not a political statement, and has to stay completely within the current EU rule framework. Any future relationship, phase 2 of the negotiations, is a different thing completely, and will not be negotiated until march, or even the end of the extended transition period if there is a separation agreement. The EU treats it as what it sees it: a legal procedure. Nothing more, nothing less.
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3. The Treaties shall cease to apply to the State in question from the date of entry into force of the withdrawal agreement or, failing that, two years after the notification referred to in paragraph 2, unless the European Council, in agreement with the Member State concerned, unanimously decides to extend this period.