I think you have summed it up very well Superpilot.
Overnight, the UK government created a situation where it is now easier for an EU Citizen with Settled status, or an Irish Citizen (through the CTA agreement) to apply for a job in the UK with their EASA licences than a UK Citizen with a UK licence. Even against the backdrop of thousands of UK pilots out of work, this will continue if the UK allows more non G-Reg aircraft to be based here. They have known about this for a while but either don't want to admit that their negotiating teams were useless, don't want to try to fix things because it is too difficult, or they just don't care. Wait and see what happens when they find that they cannot find enough type rated people with both the right to live and work in the UK and an EASA licence. The next move will be to try the HMG's light touch visa writing scheme to bring in EU Nationals, claiming that there weren't enough suitably qualified local applicants. Brexit, the gift that just keeps on giving.
