Yeah, right......
Many moons ago Airbus (or whatever name they were trading under back then) threatened to close the plant at Filton if they didn't get the go-ahead for a commercial airport at the site.
Workers (and I have family members who are employed there) were shamelessly bullied by management ("support a commercial airport here or look somewhere else for a job").
The commercial airport never happened (thankfully, I wouldn't trust Airbus to run a car boot sale stall) but the plant is still open.
The management at Airbus have previous form in issuing veiled threats.