I've not researched it, and not worked in the airline industry for over 20 years, but I thought the "Freedoms of the Air" treaties were effectively the equivalent of WTO (more or less).

The EU is not granted flight rights, individual airlines are, if I remember right, so I will bow to the industry insiders, but I see no fundamental reason why no deal should affect aviation (and if it does, don't forget how many European airlines use Heathrow as a hub for onward flight to the Americas etc, so it would also be a problem both ways)

There were lies on both sides in a poor debate, iced off with Cameron leaving the next morning after saying he'd stay on. There were also promises of planning for leave, but there wasn't. I don't expect everything, and I don't expect nothing, and neither of those is good for them either. It will be tough no doubt for a while after, but this is for life, not an economic life cycle, which has been our nation's problem for decades.

The Tories aren't managing themselves well, but the EU are trying to bully us and we as a nation don't suffer bullies, unless they're in Africa with little economic value. But Labour on the other hand change their opinion on the single market every other day, so how are they any better? And to have Corbyn go in and have his cheeks and chin rubbed like a cat doesn't fill me with any confidence either.

May isn't being challenged for leadership because everyone knows it's going to be very tough straight afterwards and nobody wants the finger pointing because they caused it. As much as I can't stand her as a useless pm, void of any policies or vision that she'll actually implement rather than empty promises, she's probably the best person to leave in there and then scuttle away knowing this is all she's actually suited for.

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Deep down you mean it. Que sera, let whatever unfolds. Cheap labour winning over British apprenticeships, 7% say in a European Parliament. The European straight jacket.

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I posted a quote from The British Airline Passengers Association, which pointed out that no such WTO equivalent exists to fall back on for aviation.

Without a deal airlines would have to cease to operate and so people and goods could not fly.

Without certainly airlines won't sell advanced tickets for the post 29 March 2019 period so in effect we've got 6 months to iron out at least a transition or airlines will start to stop selling flights as they generally sell up to 350 days in advance.

No I don't.

Radio this morning. Can't remember if it was radio 4, 5 or LBC