Are businesses ready to leave the European Union? You bet they are.

Gama Aviation’s Europe Ground division has taken the following steps to safeguard its approval in the event of a WTO alternative to an agreement with the EU.  Should this situation arise then the UK will in effect become what the EU and European Union Aviation Safety Agency terms a “third country” and current approvals granted within the UK would therefore no longer be valid for EU aircraft.    

But like most prudent businesses Gama Aviation have been monitoring this situation and working proactively with both the Civil Aviation Authority, the statutory corporation which oversees and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in the United Kingdom and the EASA for some time to ensure continuity of their approvals for EU based aircraft.   

As part of their preparations they took the precaution of applying to EASA for what is termed Third Country Approval (TCA) which Gama confirmed, on 21st January this year, had been accepted by EASA.  This meant that in the event of a WTO alternative to an agreement with the EU, this approval would have been enacted with effect from 30th March 2019.    This arrangement ensured that Gama will, irrespective of the result of the UK/EU negotiations, have had the approvals in place to seamlessly continue providing clients with the same service as they did on 21^st January 2019.  You can read the whole story on their website.

Notice anything there?  Yes, you are right, Gama Aviation, like every other business that is well led, has been for some time ready to leave the European Union, deal or no deal, with very little impact.  Aviation is one of the most technically complex and challenging industries.  And yet Gama managed to be ready to exit the EU even before the first deadline of leaving in March 2019. 

This simple fact is Remainers really have lost the plot.  They really don't understand business. The only thing that is harming businesses now is those who are seeking postpone or cause further uncertainty.  Gama was ready to leave the EU on March 29th 2019.  They had secured their business continuity.

The vast majority of businesses were ready according to the Bank of England which reckons that back in March 2019 80% of UK businesses were ready to leave with the WTO alternative, also known as the cliff edge by Remainers.  Unfortunately though it does look like CBI Members were a bit behind the curve for a few months when their Director General, Carolyn Fairbairn, said only 4% of their Membership were ready.

The only ones not interested in getting ready are hard core anti democracy Remainers who simply don’t want it to happen. In spite of the votes of 17,410,742 people.