maybe because the returns on investment aren't wonderful and it's a prestige project?
EADS 1.2 Bn profit on a turnover of 53 Bn = 2.2% and AIrbus aims for a cash neutral 2014 & 2015 ..... not a wonderful investment TBH
So your point is why bother? How many jobs? How much tax paid in wages versus benefits? National prestige? Influence?
Nahhhh sounds like hard work innit? Dude, you make me look like an optimist and that's not something I see every day....
Your way is just plain lazy and lacks any form of aspiration or ambition, if the worst thing you come back with it's not making quite enough money? As prestige projects go, it allows an economy to be less dependent on B(w)ankers than ours was, and I should point out, that did not work out well which is why the're desperate to grow the real economy now. Sorry if that's not sexy enough for your tastes (!)