Government will, predictably say no. VC’s try this all the time. Since QF no longer has any engineering capability and
VB never developed it, neither company can be argued as being of “strategic national asset”; that would justify intervention.
QF closed down its overhaul and heavy maintenance operations, sold the equipment and retrenched the staff.
VB never even built any engineering capacity. Line maintenance and simple checks is all there is. There used to be deep engine and component overhaul capability, but we outsourced all of it. I guess we can perhaps still retread tyres? Forget engine overhaul.
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