Originally Posted by
nonsense
When the United Kingdom disintegrates, losing Scotland and/or Northern Ireland, will the Union Jack currently comprised of the red cross of St George for the Kingdom of England, the white saltire of St Andrew for Scotland and the red saltire of St Patrick to represent Ireland, lose the redundant components?
If it does, will the Australian flag undergo matching changes?
Who knows? We'll probably look even dumber if we only change our own flag solely in response to another nation changing theirs.
Maybe the best option will be for Australian airlines to follow what some airlines have done, most notably nearby with Air New Zealand, and remove all national flags from their aircraft. It doesn't seem to be an ICAO requirement and would anyone really miss a tiny mark you have to squint to see on the back of the fuselage?
As far as I can tell no one seemed to notice or care when Air NZ dropped the small NZ flag from their aircraft when they changed liveries in 2013.