There must be a lot of Prune readers who wonder why a cancelled aircraft can still elicit so much bitterness from so many.
Perhaps its because they were so close to a finished product
BAE had already started planning on Woodfords closure years ago and 2012 was earmarked, BAE have even held negotiations with a well known holiday company for the sale of the offices at Woodford.
The employees knew where they stood pre review day.
What has enraged people is that its just been thrown away for no reason whatsoever, the money was already spent and they know its just bull**** about the savings.
The government also has to settle the final bill for 20 or so years of contracts for the upkeep of the program with BAE, Rolls Royce etc etc
You can bet your life the final bill will be kept quite
Savings my arse
, the whole things is nothing more than a publicity stunt and a dangerous one at that.