Thanks for the replies, appreciated. I think I understand about the maintenance, (part 145 being required for an AOC), but under the old regime, you only had to look at G-INFO to see if an aircraft was public or private cat. Now it just states something like 'EASA ARC' and the expiry date, no other informatio.
I just wondered if the rules had been changed under EASA, and there is now no differential between the two?