Some of this might be a ploy to get the state to offer more tax benefits and stuff like that to help in their “cost-cutting” measures. It is amazing the wheeling and dealing that is done to keep Boeing in the state. For good reason, but I wish the state would treat all business the same.
That's ALL it is.
Boeing management constantly run hustles on Washington state legislature for more freebies.
As for taking things to South Carolina, when the idiot Sikh girl runs out of tax bennies for them, they'll move on.
Business at Boeing is the best it's been in their entire corporate history. The backlog is near $70 billion and the airlines are all making enough money now to replace the old tired dogs they're running into the ground.
Conner is simply running a game on everyone to maximize his monopoly.