Re: Still not too late
BAE quoted doing the job: It's cheaper to build new ships
Or, to flesh it out.
BAE told them it would be cheaper to build new ships because they were afraid of losing F35B orders in favour of Super Hornets if they did the conversion. And they can pull that shit because what are we going to do - pick up those lumps of hull and take them to some other defence contractor to finish the job?
BAE have a monopoly, which means they can basically tell lies if it suits them and we've nowhere to go.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
