Pure blowhard scare mongering.
In a purely business alliance structured Europe (you know, what the EEC was before it went political) Airbus would not be threatening to move elsewhere, this is pure political saber rattling. The EU potentates have handed their marching orders to the big business community to scare the crap out British citizens into ”getting their minds right”.
NOTE: Norway does just fine outside the EU, and proves that the UK can go it alone. If Airbus pulls its company out of Britain, what’s to stop Boeing from taking advantage of it?
EU referendum: Airbus UK chief warns Brexit would hurt jobs and investment
Aircraft firm’s Paul Kahn says company would reconsider its position in the country if Britain left the EU – putting at risk thousands of jobs
Wings for the A380 are made in the UK. Photograph: PA
The head of Airbus in the UK has warned that the defence and aircraft company would reconsider its investment in the country in the event of Britain leaving the EU, saying such a move would be destructive with “enormous ramifications” for the UK’s long-term future.
In a blunt speech – delivered on the day that the head of the CBI called on employers to “turn up the volume” on the dangers of a Brexit – Paul Kahn, the president of Airbus Group UK, said that future investment and thousands of jobs would be at risk should the result of the referendum on EU membership signal an exit.
Airbus employs more than 16,000 people in Britain in highly skilled jobs, including making wings for the A380, supplying helicopters and cybersecurity products.
Kahn said he believed it was “vital for a company such as Airbus to come out and make a stand in favour of Britain remaining in the European Union”.
