Originally Posted by
Kgmm77
if that’s enough to collapse the business model then it probably wasn’t viable to start with.
I think the point is that MAN was doing "fine, but not great" until the IR issues tipped the balance into loss-making territory. This made the decision to close the base an easy one, whereas previously the analysis was less clear cut.
My sense is that MAN would go eventually, but the IR issues accelerated the timing by possibly 12-24 months. But who knows, all just speculation.