"Ed Rasimus" wrote...

Lets see, we've got engines made in the US, assembly of the airframe
in Alabama, and avionics/support systems built by Northrop. Estimates
of 25,000 US jobs created by the program....how is that bad?

OTOH, many/most of those jobs are likely to be merely transferred from McBoeing
to NorGrumLockMart. Where else are they going to find experienced, current
airplane builders?

The "bad" part of that aspect is that many of those workers will not want to
move from Seattle to Alabama, but may be forced to do so, with unemployment the
only other option when Boeing shuts down the 767 line.


And, we add a new aircraft manufacturing facility to the US industrial
base thereby diversifying our production capability. Throw in an
economic binding to a necessary European consortium of allies for a
bonus.

That is a "good" part of it. Let's hope the "goods" outperform the "bads"...