re: #319 Jay C

Might it be related (or not un-related) to Boeing having set up a big plant in SC?
Mainly for wage/union “advantages”, and for which their reward has been (so I heard), serious quality-control issues wrt the 737 - just what they needed… ////

Boeing assembles the 787 there, and their QA is so bad several airliners refuse to take planes made there.