That well known subsidiary springs to mind - Ryanair (UK) Ltd. I'm sorry, I did promise not to go on but if Ryanair wish to operate from UK bases after Brexit - they bloody well will. I know several ways to do it and I'm relatively thick (no, in the context of this subject I'm plain thick). They can employ the smartest legal brains around to make it happen. The biggest issue is cost. Far better that FR and others hammer away to ensure that whatever changes take place they are as as seamless and as near the status quo as possible. And who could blame the boss for speaking as he does? Not me, just believe it's best not to take him literally at all times.