The UK’s departure from the European Union persists in impacting the country’s shortage of aviation skills, an industry body says. / The country’s aviation industry skills shortage is compounded in particular by a failure to agree on the movement of labour between itself and the EU.

Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) brought to an abrupt end for the UK business aviation sector years of operating on a level playing field with its EU-based counterparts. ... unfettered access to the markets of some 27 member states was halted for the UK’s unscheduled operators, and a whole new relationship with the bloc began under stricter and often burdensome terms.