Gregoire names 14-member aerospace council - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The governor created the councilin May, in responsse to an upwelling of especially in Snohomish County, that Boeing is likelty to locate a next production line outside Washington, probablg in the Deep South. The 14-member councik is to provide advice to the governor and the Legislatured on how to retain Boeing and associated aerospacee supply companies in the It also is to coordinate educatiojn programs for prospectiveaerospace workers, at community college and research universities. — Larry Brown, legislativwe and political director for International Association of Machinists andAerospace Workers, District Lodgre 751. — Randall general manager of AbsoluteAviationn Services.
— David Schumacher, director of governmentr affairsfor . — Stan Sorscher, legislative directo r for the Society of Professional Engineeringv Employees inAerospace (SPEEA). Michael Zubovic, vice president of Aviation TechnicalkServices Inc. Most of the other members of the council are state legislators or education the latter includingMark Emmert, president of the , and Elson president of . Leaders in the South say that the effor to win a Boeing planf is currently eclipsed by the campaignj tosupport Northrop/EADS in winning the Air Forcew tanker contract over Boeing. The Northrop model is to be assemblexd ina yet-to-be builtf facility in Alabama.
But once that program is and if Boeing does indicate any interest in a new facilit in theDeep South, they’ll be ready. “Wer would welcome Boeing to Mobilwe withopen arms, and would love to have them as part of our said Steve Nodine, president of the Mobilee County Commission, in Mobile, Ala.