The Scottish Government white paper Scotland's Future will answer most of your questions.
But is is 700+ pages long, although available as a free download for one's Kindle.
To save you reading.....
In general, all UK law that currently applies to Scotland will continue to apply after independence.
Some laws in the UK are different: criminal juries in Scotland have 15 members, in England they only have 12, is an obvious example.
So, what does the White Paper say:
NATS - who run airspace control across the country will continue in place (no surprise there)
Commercial passenger stuff: halving of APD with aim of abolishing it. (UK govt seems to be now realising it is a good idea to cut UK APD too!)
Military: a squadron of Typhoons, stay in NATO, add a maritime recon capability (UK currently has nil capability!!). No mention of Air Cadets/UAS gliding and Grobs.
GA. All the regulation is EASA now. UK CAA is only a contractor to EASA so UK CAA will become/stay the contractor to EASA under the Scottish Government. So ATOs etc will still seek approval from UK(R) CAA. For interest, the Isle of Man EASA regulation is handled on EASA's behalf by the UK CAA. So that model will just be copied.
AAIB. UK AAIB will be the investigatory body for the Scottish nation. Actually, not quite sure why there isn't a EU body. Are there enough accidents to keep the UK people "up-to-speed?" Certainly not enough in Scotland, so you can see why there wouldn't be a Scottish AAIB.
Aircraft registration: no plans for a Scottish register (like IoM and Jersey/Guernsey etc) immediately after independence. Too many other things to attend to, I suspect! But if there is money to be made - and there certainly is in shipping - thn I am sure something will follow.
Finally, permit to fly, homebuilt and microlights. Nothing mentioned about them. Reckon, as said at the start, they will be covered by the old regs continuing. So to fly a G-REG in Scotland (or indeed UK-R) it will need to have a Permit to Fly from the UK-R CAA through the LAA or BMAA. The Scottish Government will regard a licence issued by the UK-R CAA as valid in Scotland and - just like people currently learn in France, Spain, USA etc - microlight schools in Scotland will operate the same way, training for the UK-R NPPL.
UK ANO will still apply, so 500ft rule etc.
All-in-all, seems fairly sensible and pragmatic, in my view.
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