Originally Posted by
Onceapilot
I have posted about the disgraceful (political!) waste of the RAF TriStar AAR asset in previous posts. The basic fact is that the AAR modified TriStar airframes in RAF service could have easily achieved far longer service at far less cost than the A330 contract. Good luck to anyone who operates those venerable L1011-500's in the future.
OAP
Sadly I cant see the MOD bean counters getting embarrassed if they go onto fly in an operational role for another 10 to 20 years.
Was the A330 contract a political buy, bit like the A400? Time will tell.... Out of interest, where do we stand in respect to Airbus and the UK based operations when we finally leave the EU, how long before the UK based factories move?