[SystemSafety] Off Topic

[Ross Hannan - Sigma]

Peter

I appreciate that there is much work to do as I noted when I said that
nothing has been decided yet. I rather suspect the rest of the European
Union will not attempt to be as spiteful or disruptive as you imply in
seeking to maintain a safe, secure and integrated airspace for Europe.

Ross 

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On 2016-06-25 00:57 , Ross Hannan - Sigma wrote:
> Although nothing has been decided yet I very much suspect that Britain 
> will go down the EFTA route

Joining EFTA involves not just Britain wanting to join, but others deciding
to want Britain in.

Don't underestimate the backlash. There are some 340 million people on the
other side of Britain's choice that it doesn't see pan-European cooperation
as a route to further progress. A lot of their politicians have seen the
result over the last seven years of engaging intensely with the UK:
namely, nothing. If you are ambitious, there is no career advantage to doing
it. If you're not, why do it all over again concerning another club? It's
not as if it's fun. There are more rewarding things to spend your time on (I
have a list, if anyone cares).

There are a lot of tables now from which Britain's negotiating partners can
just walk away if they wish. Aircraft certification and aircrew
qualification is one. But for some activities, that's not an option. The
Single European Sky, for example. British airspace lies between Continental
Europe and North America, so something new will need to be sorted with that.
It might go through Eurocontrol, although that would involve a refocusing
with which not everyone on either side would be content.

BTW, large parts of UK infrastructure are owned by companies whose economic
interests lie primarily in the EU, and only secondarily in Britain. Electric
power, water, rail, airports, airlines. An
example: much of Hull's industrial future (Green Port Hull) is bound up with
Siemens' continuing interest (talk about shooting yourselves in the foot -
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/eu-referendum-result-in-hull-overwhelmingly-b
acks-brexit/story-29439076-detail/story.html
).

PBL

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