I think most have already said why they think MRA4 was binned in other more appropriate threads, throwing more mud with so many on all sides losing jobs will not help. Good luck to them ALL and fingers crossed 2012 brings better prospects.
One post got me thinking, the RAF (masses) can't understand why it cost more than originally stated and BAE can't see why that is a problem. To be fair to them it wasn't on previous projects, however the rules appear to be changing and MRA4s timing was bad. In the future we must be financially savy on both sides, the RAF can only buy what it can afford and industry must give accurate quotes not contract winning estimates. I know safe guards were written into the MRA4 contract, they were not applied and therefore worthless, maybe we would have implemented the penalties if we were dealing with Boeing or did BAE offer something they knew would over run because we had taught them it didn't matter as long as the money remained in the UK.