It's a ridiculous suggestion.
True. But this
IS the UK after all, which doesn't necessarily mean
It will never happen.
People don't buy aircraft new and cut the wings off them.
No, and they don't cut HALF their engineering manpower at a time of gross overstretch, do they.......?
....nor do they spend lots of money on new real estate shortly before closing a base, do they.....?
I could go on....
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