[Between the Lines]

In a stinging analysis posted at his Leeham.net Web site on Thursday, Issaquah-based aviation-industry analyst Scott Hamilton warned Boeing that selecting South Carolina would "enrage the IAM 751 here, leading to 'work-by-the-rules' actions that will slow production" for all airplanes, not just the 787. He predicted torturous contract talks in 2012 that would make the 2008 two-month strike "look like a Sunday picnic."

Boeing has a deep fear of their business being disrupted by the union. So what do the union people do to calm this fear, threaten worse disruptions. LOL. They just don't get it.

If Charleston wins, Boeing will establish a complete airplane-manufacturing complex on the East Coast. Future Boeing airplanes could be built there instead of in the Puget Sound region.

This is the reason Charleston will get the plant. The unions, politicians, and people of Washington could no longer dictate what Boeing does, but instead would have to compete for any future plants.

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So what do the union people do to calm this fear, threaten worse disruptions.

Those were my exact thoughts when reading it. Union thugs just don't get it, with the backing of Obama they think there'll be an upsurge in industrial unions, I believe just the opposite will happen. Large industry is tired of union threats and intimidation.

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He predicted torturous contract talks in 2012 that would make the 2008 two-month strike “look like a Sunday picnic.”

Boeing has a deep fear of their business being disrupted by the union.

Adding to your comments, the Gov made absolutely no concessions to Boeing for the 2nd 787 line. The state has no money and she did not make this issue a priority. They handed Boeing a PowerPoint presentation and asked them to stay.

There is a disaster brewing here in WA State, and we better wake up soon. The business climate here is very unfriendly and many locals do not seem to care. We have a state budget situation that is worse than Cali and all they can talk about is raising taxes.

Puget Sound has so much to offer, it would take only a small amount of leadership from the labor, business and especially political community to turn this around. I just do not think we can pull it off.

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