If airplane manufacturing is so important to the State of Washington, shouldn't our State's leaders, the movers-and-shakers, like the Governor & ex-Senator Gorton, be thinking about creative ways to keep that industry here?
"Oh," you say, "they ARE, they ARE". No, not so. They are worried about keeping the Boeing Co. Not the same thing.
Couldn't some gutsy investor (the name of Paul Allen springs to one's lips) set up a NEW company, & begin bidding on manufacturing for the whole world-wide industry? There are lots more airframe manufacturers out there, beside Boeing & Airbus. It's been said that Boeing doesn't really want to be in the manufacturing business, anyway.
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For an insight into at least some of the reasons why airplane manufacturing in Washington is such a parlous condition, take a look at the article in "Crosscut" on the "McBoeing" Company.
ReplyDeletehttp://crosscut.com/2009/10/14/boeing/19300/