That still depends on how much the unions paid off the politicians. Washington state is supposed to be offering Boeing "incentives" to stay. I hope Boeing doesn't fall for it, SC could use the jobs.
Well can’t see it. Why would the unions after voting down the Boeing offer then turn to the politicians of the state to offer incentives for Boeing to stay. Secondly it’ll be the taxpayers in the end that would pay for it.
It would take a couple of years and several billion dollars to expand the manufacturing in South Carolina to add the 777x and train a workforce to build it. That delay would probably cost Boeing hundreds of 777 orders. They'll wind up cutting a deal with the unions would be my guess.