At Charleston International Airport, the first shovel struck the ground as Boeing held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the construction of the new 2nd 787 production assembly line. Governor Mark Sanford, Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Jim Demint, and a handful of state and local government representatives were on hand for the event. Once complete, the new $750 million Boeing plant will employ around 5,000 workers, and will go about producing 3 Dreamliners a month when it is fully operational. The main 787 assembly line, based in Everett, Washington, will produce 7 Dreamliners a month. This marks yet another important milestone in the Dreamliner saga as Boeing goes about fulfilling the 840 orders for the new revolutionary aircraft. It'll be interesting to see if Charleston can develop on time the experienced workforce required to construct such a technologically complex aircraft. I'm sure the entire Puget Sound region (most notably the folks at the Everett facility who felt snubbed that they did not win the 2nd 787 line) will be keeping a close and watchful eye on their new Boeing cousins in the South.
News Link
Below is a news link from the Chareston-based Post and Courier newspaper which gives South Carolina's perspective on the new Boeing facility:
Charleston
And below is a link from an editorial in the Seattle Times from Rick Bender, president of the Washington State Labor Council. Let's just say that he has a different take on the matter:
Seattle
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