[SystemSafety] Off Topic

Peter Bernard Ladkin ladkin at rvs.uni-bielefeld.de
Sat Jun 25 08:39:11 CEST 2016


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-backs-brexit/story-29439076-detail/story.html
).

PBL

Prof. Peter Bernard Ladkin, Bielefeld, Germany
MoreInCommon
Je suis Charlie
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