Sad they made the decision to close what had been a great EM facility at Mascot . RR reps acknowledged that as did the GE and PWA guys . QF management lst interest and the will to fight to keep it open . It needed money spent to update to comply with environmental issues and OH&S , but the killer blow was the upgrade to the test cell for the A380 Trent engines , when this could not be built the place had no future . But , they could have kept it going until the RB211 fleet retired along with me and my mates . Ah well , such is life , it was a great palce to work in its heyday , real trade unionists , men and women of principle , who had pride in the job they did and got satisfaction out of the contribution they made . We , fought for our lot but never hated the Company as sadly seems to be the case these days . Never , bite the hand that feeds you guys !