Comment by klyrs
5 years ago
Everett is an hour's drive from Seattle, and afaik its population is not included in the "greater Seattle area." While many commute, that 30k is nearly a third of the population of Everett.
And Boeing contracts a lot of components that feed that plant. Many of them local, small businesses, spread throughout the region, with that one customer.
Those contractors don't have to be colocated though and only 1 plane is leaving. On top of that it's the 787 which isn't exactly in a good spot. Last I heard there was still an open question of how much work would be involved in getting them flying again.
787 != 737-MAX. The 787’s teething problems were ~8 years ago.
Well it seems that the South Carolina assembly plant didn't get the memo and is still experiencing issues:
* https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/business/boeing-dreamline...