An End to British Aircraft?

So.... mustn't grumble, could be much worse....

Look on the bright side.
It cuts down on foriegn office funding of errr...sweeteners, there is no need to screw the taxpayer with the bill when dodgy dictators are reluctant to pay for the arms shipments and you won't have the tax payer subsidised company giving America a huge payout for getting caught doing some "honestly it wasn't really bribery".

I think the main issue in England is simply a lack of believe. Wittle, Mitchell, wallace and countless others like this where believers, they believed in what they where doing and the reasons for doing.

When Rolls Royce collapased in the 70s, the accounts moved in and engineers from that day were moved out. Unlike many human endevours, engineering requires believe in what your doing and the profit margins are secondary. Pride of achievement is essential at at the workshop floor, this is where the believe is converted into exceptional world beating products which England was famed for, the workshop of the world.

[Tchocky]

I'd say the British aviation tradition is alive and well, with major components for the A380 and A350 being produced by British engineers, the engines for both being made at Rolls-Royce plc.