Originally Posted by
flybyschool
Going back to your example, what happens is that the Uk CAA is the one that decided to move out from EASA and therefore cannot issue an EASA licence anymore. If the French student applies for it from France, he can then go to the UK CAA and convert it. I believe the UK CAA will accept EASA licenses for up to 2 years from Brexit.
Key word should be
anymore. It's fair enough that CAA licences issued before 2021 can't be considered EASA licences, but those issued before should be. They were done to EASA standards. When JAR started, all existing national licences were grandfathered in and became JAR and subsequently EASA licences.
What's perverse is that there are EASA licence holders out there who have never done a single EASA exam yet were handed an EASA licence, and others who have passed all EASA exams who are having their EASA 'credentials' taken away...