The order will really put a load on the ancient Renton Plant, the production rate was just stepped up to 45 a month from 30+ now it's about to nearly double again, time to revamp the 4-20 and 4-21 buildings where all those B-29's, KC-97/377's, 707's, KC-135's, and AWACS were cranked out. I have some real sympathy for those who will work there as parking was a real P.I.T.A.in the 70's before they sold off so much land for other, outside developments which eliminated a number of parking lots.
But, hopefuly it gets our local economy to stop stumbling and tripping over itself-every new Boeing job means 3 other new jobs for stores and such.
Boeing pretty much admitted @ the mornings press anouncement that their fiasco with the Nightmareliner...er... Dreamliner project has pushed the 737 replacement down the road a ways. I'm a big fan of the 787 and it's advances in technology, but have expressed my issues with the 'partners' and supply logistics involved in turning the airplane into being very late and running as smoothly as driving an unloaded brick truck @ high speed over Belgian Block roads, sort of like having the Marx Brothers and the Three Stooges directing traffic @ the Super Bowl.
