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NOT ONLY COULD Brexit force UK-bound travellers ‘back on boats’ - it poses a “unique problem” for air traffic controllers as well.
That’s according to a briefing document prepared by government officials for Transport Minister Shane Ross.
The white paper explains that Ireland and the UK share a ‘functional airspace block’ as part of an EU-ratified agreement.
That means that air traffic controllers on both sides of the Irish Sea work together to manage flights entering and leaving Irish and British airspace.
However, it is not clear yet whether Britain will continue to participate in this agreement when it leaves the EU in 2019, according to the Department of Transport note.
“Ireland has worked very closely with in the UK in relation to (air traffic management) for many years, it is hoped that this close cooperation can continue in the post-Brexit aviation market,” it said.
FABs
The UK-Ireland functional airspace block, or FAB, has been in place since 2008.
According to the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), FABs are “one of the cornerstones” of the EU’s ‘Single European Sky’ that was brought in to homogenise air travel standards across the trade bloc.
There are nine FABs under development in Europe, but only two have been formally recognised by the European Commission: the UK-Ireland FAB and the FAB between Denmark and Sweden.
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The briefing note prepared for minister Shane Ross also echoed the warnings of Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary, who has claimed that air travellers could be back “chasing the boats” if there is no agreement on air travel rules for when Britain exits the UK.
As previously explained by Fora, O’Leary has highlighted the fact that aviation has been missing from much of the Brexit negotiations. On several occasions, he has threatened to re-house many of the airline’s 85 UK-based aircraft to other European airports.
Allies
The ministerial note said that if the UK leaves Europe’s single aviation market it will have to sign off an alternative agreement with the remaining 27 member states.
“In the absence of such an agreement, existing traffic rights could be negatively impacted,” it said.
“Brexit … will affect the existing rights of Irish licensed airlines to fly between the UK and the EU, within the UK, and between the UK and a range of other third countries, including the US and Morocco.”
It stressed that Ireland’s position in relation to aviation is to “protect a fully liberalised or deregulated market in order to ensure no erosion of our connectivity or disruption to airlines, airports, business, tourism and personal travel”.
“The loss of the UK as a key ally in the EU will require Ireland to align itself with member states with similarly minded aviation interest,” it said.
Written by Conor McMahon and posted on Fora.ie
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Every doctor I ever had – told me that it was important to complete the full course.
@Fank Pulman: and dentist…
@Fank Pulman: Ah here doctors, make up yer minds.
@Fank Pulman: Doctors also used to prescribe cigarettes to regain your strong . The advice changes in accordance with the best latest information, as it should.
@Neal Ireland Hello.: *strength
@Neal Ireland Hello.: I doubt that…evidence ?
I never finish the course of antibiotics always stopped after maybe 3 days when im feeling better, have never had any bad effects from doing so either, Just saying!
@Colette Kearns: Well Colette please explain how you grew that third arm?
@Gary: Colete hasn’t grown a third arm , her fourth one fell off : )
@Garry , what are you on about??
@Colette Kearns: Seems it was actually the sense of humour that fell off!
@Colette Kearns:
@Rory Stafford:
I would certainly not take antibiotics and don’t believe I ever have healthy body Will not allow bacteria to multiply as for virus it’s no good anyway
If my children were sick a doctor would certainly have to put forward a very good verified reason for there use The inappropriate use of antibiotics is widespread and wrong
@Colette Kearns: Whoever these British clowns are they should be ignored: Stopping antibiotics when “you feel better” rather than when the course ends is dangerous for two reasons, firstly the not all of the bacteria are gone and if they multiple and attack your system again they will have built up a resistance to the antibiotics. And secondly this is where Superbugs, that antibiotics are ineffective on, come from.
This is based on one paper. One. Against all of the research prior that indicates this is a bad idea. People still routinely don’t finish the course — maybe wait to see that this is confirmed before pushing more people to do that.
This is strange because drug resistant TB has said to be a direct result of people not completing their medication. They actually have people calling around making sure people don’t stop medication when they feel better.
This has to be fake news! Drug companies and their prescribing agents have no interest in shifting shed loads of tablets just for profit!
They are looking after our health and have no interest in financial rewards or holidays for prescribing a particular anti-biotic.
Just saying like.
Anyone seen Bob Geldoff anywhere? Something bad is going to happen if he dosent appear in public soon!
Treat every day like it’s your last , one day you’ll be right .
Only the other day a scientific study claimed , alcohol improves memory .
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/24/alcohol-improves-memory-scientists-say-study-finds-drinking/
The humanity
Diseases resistant to drugs
Go
Unleavened bread
Locusts and honey if you can
This is 70 year old science that was never updated.
This error posting comment message is really annoying!
@journal.ie
If you write a comment that goes over the 800 characters, but then edit it to under 800 it still give the error posting comment message, even if you copy the text and try to post it as a new comment, is this a glitch of the text limit?
Can’t you increase the limit to a number, so actual comments can be made, instead of quasi tweets!
Yes, I realise my “@journal.ie” is a quasi tweet!
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