Brexit and EASA
 

Now that the British are out again, does anybody have an idea what are the implications for FCL in particular, and management of the aviation sector more generally? Presumably as soon as they leave the EU, which looks like it will be two years from now, EASA loses whatever legal basis it currently has to regulate British aviation, and CAA licences will once again become necessary. Does this mean that the previous CAA "architecture," so to speak, will be reinstated more or less in its entirety? Or will Britain try to "shadow" EASA regulations from outside, as the Conservative governments of the 1980s and early 1990s once "shadowed" the Exchange Rate Mechanism (at least until Black Wednesday put an end to all that)? To put it simply: what now?

Excellent news! Independence is finally here.
 

When I enquired at a FTO in Hants recently about renewing my CAA SEP rating, I was told that I would have to pay up to £192 for a new EASA licence instead, despite that I have been a CAA PPL holder since 1999.

That swung my Brexit vote yesterday.

I look forward to using my British licence in British airspace only. i have no wish to fly to France...but if I did I guess I could do it the same way we did day trips to Le 2K before EASA. File a flight plan and get PPR.

WELL DONE NIGE!

I suspect UK will remain within EASA regulation on the whole.

There is now more scope though for more 'UK only' licences/ratings, primarily in the GA sector.

There are already non-EU but EASA countries.

Actually the CAA is not our regulator, EASA is. The CAA is a "Competent Authority" under EASA/ EU legislation.

If you think this is going to go away this morning forget it. Due to my job I spend a lot of time on EASA stuff and in recent meetings where we've all been laughing about will it all matter on the 24th May.

While the vast majority of CAA income is derived from CAT operators the CAT operators will have the biggest say, for anyone with an AOC then remaining EASA is the best option, and like Norway and Switzerland you can be a member of EASA while not being a member of the EU.

Lets face it, if BA, EasyJet, Monarch etc decide EASA is their best option then their collective voice will be a lot louder than LAA, AOPA etc. In aviation terms BREXIT won't affect much, if anything.

SND

I own a G reg plane and the only reason I was able to register the ownership was because I'm a EU citizen.. I wonder will I have to put it to Irish registry then..

Exit from EU does not mandate exit from EASA - it's a separate entity. I've no doubt EU nations are obliged to belong to belong to EASA, but its membership includes at least four non-EU states (Switzerland, Cyprus, etc.).

So it's up to the government whether or not we stick with EASA. The reasoning behind the choice will have very little to do with what suits us...

Statement from the UK CAA