Ken Gill on Westland rescue bids

Title

Ken Gill on Westland rescue bids

Genre

Interview

TX Date

13 Jan 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:01:54

Description

Ken Gill, Secretary of the Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Staffs (TASS) (which has 2,000 members working with Westland Helicopters), regards the European rescue offer as the lesser of two evils; he believes that Sikorsky is out to create an American monopoly. He also discusses the prospective scrapping of the W30 helicopter. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Ken Gill

Keywords

USA; Trade unions; Government; UK; Military aircraft; International relations; Defence; Europe; TASS; Helicopters; Westland Helicopters; Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

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