If Briggs are loosing so much money and the senior management are paid so well, when is the bottom of the the US money pit going to be reached?. Everyone else in the industry has felt the pinch over the last few years and made cuts, so who has got what on whom at Briggs? or is it a strategy to just drive a competitor or two out of the lift truck business in the UK and who cares about their own staff? If one or two other companies do go, they can get rid of the so called "militants" or TU members and take their pick of newly available staff.