Well Enobarbus all this is relative and I think the UK aircraft industry has been in decline for more than 50 years- read Nicholas Comfort’s new book Surrender- How British Industry gave Up the Ghost 1952 t0 2012. UK manufacturing now accounts for only 2.9 % of world manufactured exports by value compared with 25.4% in 1952. Look back at aircraft deliveries in 1986 to see what we were doing before the Warton mafia came to dominate the BAe boardroom- 231 aircraft delivered inc. 27 125s, 25 146s, 46 Jetstream31s & 29 Tornados etc.