Maintenance deal helps secure jobs
A NEW multi-million-pound deal to maintain the RAF's Hercules military transporter planes is expected to help sustain the jobs of some Rolls-Royce workers at Filton.
The Ministry of Defence says the £350-million contract with Marshall Aerospace will support around 500 jobs in the UK with the aircraft serviced under one contract until 2015.
Although a vast majority of the jobs affected will be at Cambridge Airport the contract is good news for Rolls-Royce and sub-contractor Vector Aerospace which maintain engines at Filton, Hook, Croydon and Brize Norton.
The contracts are worth almost £100 million to Rolls-Royce.
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Paul Craig, Rolls-Royce, Executive Vice President Services – Defence, said: "This contract amendment is testimony to the standard of service delivered to-date and reflects the value we offer to our customer."
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by FiltonInsider
Tuesday, May 29 2012, 8:46AM
“Yet more work lost that Filton could have got.
As the report says, the bulk of the work is going to Cambridge, where, rather than closing their runway they chose not only to keep it, but to invest in it.
The result. They are getting the work that we in this region could have had, on top of the business fixed based operator that has located there too.
The same is true of Cardiff Aviation who have formed in St. Athan, and the acrobatics outfit that are moving there also.
Make no mistake, Filton, and our region is losing out because BAE are being allowed to strip this valuable asset of ours to make a quick buck and run.
It is absoultely scandalous.
Presumably the engine work at Rolls Filton, will be done by transporting parts and even engines to and from Cambridge by road.
Had their been a runway at Filton, the whole job could have been done here.
Well done Cambridge Airport!”