00:00Prime Minister, obviously the announcement of so many orders of these typhoon jets by Turkey.
00:06It's great news for the people who work here at BAE Systems and in the wider supply chain.
00:11What do you think it means to Lancashire more broadly?
00:13What would you say to somebody sitting in Blackpool and Preston,
00:16maybe struggling with the cost of living, who looks at this and thinks,
00:18well, that's great, but it's not my world?
00:20Well, look, this is really good for Lancashire.
00:22We signed a massive agreement with Turkey yesterday for 20 typhoons,
00:26and they're going to be made here and across the northwest.
00:30And that's 6,000 jobs, and it's 10 years' worth of jobs.
00:36And I came from Turkey to Wharton here to see the workforce, to say to them,
00:41thank you for helping me win this order because we're up against global competition here.
00:47We're judged to world-class standards, and the workforce here helped me win that contract.
00:52More broadly, this means, because it's 10 years' worth of well-paid jobs,
00:57the local economy can thrive.
00:58I've been talking to some of the supply companies, for example,
01:01from across Lancashire who are feeding into what's happening here.
01:04So this is the sort of thing that can generate more work and boost the economy across Lancashire.
01:09There's more we've got to do, I completely understand that,
01:12but the more we can get this money into Lancashire
01:16and get the local economy working in this way, the better it is for all.
01:19So, Jack, how long have you been an apprentice here at BAE?
01:23So I'm currently in my fourth year, and I joined in 2022.
01:27How are you finding it so far, then? You've been here a good few years now.
01:30Yeah, it's great. I've settled in nicely.
01:32So much opportunity. I've enjoyed every minute of it, and it's great.
01:36What's it like in terms of working with machinery like this,
01:39which is what it is, day in, day out?
01:41I think it's great, especially when you see locals, children,
01:44look at a plane and think, wow, when I get to do that every day, it's just amazing.
01:49Was it something you always dreamt of as a challenge yourself and ambition you had?
01:52It's sort of, I've always loved planes, and I never really knew about this until recently.
01:56So I just thought, why not apply, and here I am working on them.
02:00What's it like working on the typhoon, day in, day out?
02:03It doesn't get old. It is a bit uncomfortable inside the aircraft, but it's amazing.
02:08Announcements like the one that we've had yesterday about the order of so many of these typhoons by Turkey,
02:12it must mean a lot to people like you who work in a factory like BAE.
02:15Oh yeah, it would be great. Amazing chance to see all these hangers in the factories with life again.
02:21The bay's filled up with new aircraft. It would definitely be a nice surprise.
02:26Before announcements like this, is there a worry that you know where's the next job coming from,
02:30and that worry now being lifted?
02:32As much as we always have that worry, it was more we might get moved around somewhere,
02:36maybe to an RAF base. We might get relocated temporarily.
02:39But now we've got job security here locally, in the local area, with our families around locally.
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