Originally Posted by davef68
Remember last year wasn't just RIAT but also the Farnborough show, which industrially/politically would probably have been more important to LM and BAE.
The failure to turn up at Farnborough for the signing was, in anyone's language a horrible failure for the programme. Lots of folks are expecting good news about the programme in the following year.
Maybe the decision not to come to Europe is simply a result of poor appreciation of the public mood. If so, think again. If that is not the case there must be another reason.