SURVIVE REBUILD RECOVER


Unite is calling for the UK government to partner with the aerospace industry on a programme for the sector to SURVIVE, REBUILD and RECOVER.


SURVIVE


• A bold UK government intervention and strategy to support the sector similar in scope and ambition to that unveiled by the French and Germany governments. This strategy should be driven by a national taskforce that includes Unite and other key stakeholders with an aim to maintain the UK's leading global position.


• Adaptation and continuation of the government’s job retention scheme (JRS) including a shorter working week scheme, such as the one in Germany which has helped, for example keep Rolls‐Royce jobs losses to 5% while in the UK 25% of jobs are being lost.


• Government support must come with water‐tight conditions including keeping jobs and manufacturing in the UK on projects such as the Rolls‐Royce Small Modular Reactor (SMR) and Airbus's 'Wings of Tomorrow' programme.


REBUILD


• A government‐supported aircraft replacement scheme to help the aviation sector dramatically reduce its carbon footprint. New aircraft on average use 25% less fuel, emit 25% less CO2 and produce 50% less noise. Production and parts must come from the UK.


• Investment in UK defence programmes. The UK government must give a long‐ term commitment to the future fighter Tempest programme and to its own version of the European Union’s Galileo global navigation satellite system (GNSS). This is about national sovereignty and national security, defending not just the economy but the nation too.


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