Robert, not Rupert as you pointed out, Treaders!
Hypothetical question. Let's imagine that an aspect of RAF pilot training had been contracted out to an organisation, call it 'Airflite Training'. Airflite have been awarded a contract to start this training with everything in place for the first students on 1 Jan 2018. But they haven't been able to meet the contracted date, so MoD has had to find a short term alternative in order to train their pilots.
Let's now imagine that various training providers have responded and a contract has been agreed with one of them.
Bearing in mind the Government's refusal of a state bail-out for Carillion, who now pays for Airflite's failure? Their shareholders - or the tax payer?
Surely it should be the former?
All hypothetical, of course.......
