Originally Posted by
elZorro
That depends on whether you have any optimism in aluminium and steel fabrication, electronic design and manufacturing, coachwork, exports of high value products, tourism products, engineering jobs for graduates, management jobs, etc on NZ territory. PAC was based on fertiliser spreading aircraft I think, and they now have a very good STOL aircraft, the XL-750, that is used in tourism ventures like skydiving, and on short runway access in places like PNG.
But they are being pulled this way and that by the tender process for large overseas contracts, with no surety they'll get any orders. You'd think that when the NZ air force job came up, they'd have a better than even chance, when they already had a history with them, and they are a NZ manufacturer.
What was the message from the National Govt, tell me that? It certainly wasn't a vote of support. So the opposite of that is?