Originally Posted by
Hussar 54
Lots of gnashing of teeth, from both sides on here, but does anyone really know or can provide a realistic estimate of how long it would take to recreate the UK's design and production teams and production facilities in, say, Nantes or Hamburg or Toulouse ? And having to start from scratch.....
Well, since the factory is 100% owned, run and controlled by Airbus, it's probably fair to suggest they have a pretty good idea of the why's, when's and how's of banging together a set of wings. As such they'll hardly be starting from scratch; they own the tools, the intellectual property and the know-how. It's probably also fair to suggest, that given the opportunity of continuing your career in e.g. Spain or face redundancy in an industry that's fast leaving your home shores, quite a few people would opt for continuing working. It's hardly as if the British are unfamiliar with the concept of living an expat life ...