Originally Posted by
harrogate
Realistically, a firm only employing 30 people today was not going to be winning the contract, no matter how long winded the MoD are with it.
Any contract will inevitably go to one of the five or so major players.
For the life of me I cannot understand why the MOD ever thought it might have been a good idea to think a tiny business could somehow provide a fast jet trainer to replace the Hawk.
It sounds like more political posturing to placate a particular section of society, but like the pint bottles of Champagne!