In order for any plane to take off or land in the UK from the 29th March, we need either
a) an agreement that we can still be included in the European aviation safety agreement, including agreeing to be bound by the European courts.
or
b) The UK civil aviation authority needs to set up its own safety agreement, write all its policies, establish it rules, negotiate with approximately 25 separate governments to come to an agreement that these rules are acceptable for planes flying into and out of their countries ( including the EU and USA), recruit and train several thousand staff, buy and adapt premises, put maintenance and safety procedures into action, to the satisfaction of said 25 governments, under go and pass international inspection and get underway.
My friend in civil aviation has been shouting louder and louder about this for over a year, as time ticks by and nothing whatsoever is done to make progress towards either a or b.
He tells me there was an article about this on the BBC website earlier, but it appears to have been taken down now, at least I can't find it.
Anybody prepared to buy air tickets for April 2019?