A legal case brought against Britten-Norman by the Civil Aviation Authority has been withdrawn as it was submitted in error.
According to The Telegraph, the CAA began proceedings of a winding-up petition against the Isle of Wight aircraft manufacturer earlier this month. The regulatory body sought, through the High Court, to recover £36,000 of monies that were seemingly owed. However, the petition filed on 11th August has already been withdrawn.
It has been confirmed that the whole situation was in fact an error, which is being amended. The story was picked up by the national newspapers before the error could be withdrawn though.
It’s actually positive news over at Britten-Norman, which plans to bring aircraft manufacturing back to its Bembridge Airport base, as previously reported by Island Echo.
6 new Islanders planes for Spirit Air India will be built in the East Wight before being transferred to Lee-on-Solent for final assembly.
The civil service at its best again.
To repeat my comments about the referenced original report, there is not a lot of benefit for local (Bembridge) people to be gained as a result of the order for parts for new aircraft since they will, almost certainly, be done by people brought in from Romania (as done previously)
Those parts will then be sent to the mainland for assembly.
The civil service only employ people that tick a certain box , the most eligible for job are rejected probably because they are white male and British.
are some people illiterate, or just blind? Where in this article does it mention the ‘civil service’?
Civil aviation authority?????
The CAA is a public corporation in the public sector, which has no direct funding from central government, and has to fund itself, it is not a civil service department