Originally Posted by
DrJones
Can EASA registered aircraft be based in UK post BREXIT on the basis that the UK is no longer part of EASA?
Most probably yes. There are EASA registered aircraft based in Russia for example. However, they have to be maintained in EASA approved MROs, by EASA approved engineers and being flown by EASA approved pilots. As the UK engineers and pilots won't be EASA licensed after a no-deal BREXIT they would have to regain those EASA qualifications inside the EU-27 like any other third country pilot by retaking the necessary exams.
Originally Posted by
BizJetJock
Actually they tried to do exactly that, and the EASA guys in Cologne were all set for it. But then Brussels intervened and told EASA they were not permitted to do that, and instead had to produce the paper referenced above with the no deal scenario.
Putting political dogma above the best interests of the population, who'd have thought it...
EU agencies can only negotiate based on an agreement the EU commission as done. Which in this case simply can't exist as the UK is still within the EU, and of course there is no separation agreement in place that defines how things will stand after the UK has left. It is not limited to EASA, it is the same for every EU agency. It is actually not political again, it is simply rule based. And the EU is deeply rule and procedural based in its dealings.