UK pilots have been thrown under the bus - for reasons unclear, but pertaining to "the UK's overall interest". I understand how the coal miners probably felt now, (1984-1985): forced out of work as a result of some political argument.
Me and thousands of others had an EASA licence - it says so on the front. All the exams, paperwork, air tests, medical etc, were all EASA compliant - yet overnight, we are suddenly allegedly non EASA compliant !
Why we allow EU pilots to fly here when they refuse to allow a reciprocal arrangement seems utterly perverse to me. Those of us with previous valid EASA licences should at least be granted grandfather rights.