Creek indeed. Morning all,
May I chip in with my 2 pence worth. From my understanding, after the 30/12/2022 (end of the 'transition period'), if an airline is to be base aircraft in the UK for both domestic and international flights (i.e. FR based out of STN/EMA/MAN etc) then those aircraft will have to be G-Reg and as such on the UK AOC which will then mean that those aircraft will be flown by pilots with a UK license.
This pretty much forces FR's hand and means we can expect a lot more reg changes and their UK AOC aircraft list to grow substantially fairly soon.