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Boeing picks 15 potential sites nationwide to build 777X
Seattle Times ^ | November 23, 2013 | Dominic Gates

Posted on 11/23/2013 11:49:51 AM PST by jazusamo

Boeing has issued a formal request for proposals (RFP) to 15 locations around the United States that will bid for the work of building its forthcoming 777X jet, according to a source close to the discussions.

Washington state is one of the 15 sites under consideration. The others include both existing Boeing locations and new “greenfield” sites, the source said.

Boeing spokesman Doug Alder confirmed Saturday that the RFPs were sent out late Friday afternoon and into the evening.

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 777x; boeing; build; nationwide; picks; potential; sites; unions
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To: jazusamo
Long Beach, Calif. [is] also on the list.

LOL.

It's nice to know that Boeing has a sense of humor.

Confidential to Long Beach (or anywhere in the once-Golden State.) One suspects that you are not actually on the list.

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61 posted on 11/23/2013 1:17:13 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: jazusamo

I’m pretty sure that Texas, Alabama, and South Carolina are going to be the “final three” come decision time.


62 posted on 11/23/2013 1:25:10 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Impeach 0bama)
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To: snoringbear

PAR35 is correct, it was a Navy base.


63 posted on 11/23/2013 1:28:15 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: jazusamo

Maybe they could build here in Warren county,N.J. Plenty of space and a whole lot of unemployed people.
Get to work Fatso and bring them here.
Fat chance of it happening.


64 posted on 11/23/2013 1:32:05 PM PST by certrtwngnut (')
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To: 1rudeboy
if we only raise taxes on ourselves high enough, these jobs will stay right in Seattle.

WA GOP legislators are proposing a 11 cent hike to the gas tax for roadway improvements as part of the pay off to Boeing. The D's are only asking for a 10 cent hike.

WA state (already) has the highest gasoline taxes in the country, IIRC.

65 posted on 11/23/2013 1:35:36 PM PST by llevrok (Obama 2008 : "If you vote for me, aaaaaa, you can keep your country")
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To: snoringbear
"So, there is a long history of aircraft manufacturing in this area."

Can't see 'history' as being a valid reason for Boeing locating there.

If 'history' is a major qualifier, Dayton is a shoo-in.

66 posted on 11/23/2013 1:56:38 PM PST by diogenes ghost
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To: freedom1st; stylecouncilor

SC bump....


67 posted on 11/23/2013 2:02:42 PM PST by onedoug
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To: 1rudeboy

If the state of Washington raises taxes high enough, maybe Airbus will have to build in Seattle too!


68 posted on 11/23/2013 2:14:16 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot (Science is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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To: PAR35

The old ABX/DHL Airpark in Wilmington, OH. Former national freight hub, two nice sized runways. And room to grow (East and South). Several hundred thousand SqFt of warehouse space could be converted to sub-assembly bays. Truck docks out the wazoo. Even has its own ATC tower.
And, genuinely nice folks in the region.

About equally close to Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland.


69 posted on 11/23/2013 2:28:58 PM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2016; I pray we make it that long.)
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To: DAC21

Offsets.

You buy stuff from us, we buy your stuff.

Most international negotiations focus on this crap.

Don’t want anyone mad at you...


70 posted on 11/23/2013 2:33:17 PM PST by Regulator
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To: PubliusMM

Ohio isn’t RTW.
That alone would eliminate it if I was the guy making the call.


71 posted on 11/23/2013 2:33:19 PM PST by nascarnation (Wish everyone see a "Gay Kwanzaa")
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To: 1rudeboy
C'mon, guys . . . if we only raise taxes on ourselves high enough, these jobs will stay right in Seattle. /protectionist

Heh, good one. Of course, Washington could impose taxes on Boeing for each job it outsources. I saw that listed as a proposal here on FR yesterday to dig the US out of its economic hole.

Capital controls always work out so well, you know.

72 posted on 11/23/2013 2:35:48 PM PST by BfloGuy (The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment. [Ludwig Von Mises])
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To: jazusamo; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; shove_it; TrueKnightGalahad; Cincinatus' Wife; ...
Come on down, Boeing! We got a place... for ya near the Alamo!

As to San Antonio, Texas, my late father, back in the early 1950s was building hangers and paving enough runways down there to launch, as he liked to say, the whole damn Luftwaffe!

Remember, it was from Kelly Field in San Antonio, established after the United States entry in 1917 into World War I, that the US Air Force first began its march to greatness. Kelly Field was used as a flying field; primary flying school; school for adjutants, supply officers, engineers; mechanics school, and as an aviation general supply depot.

Of course, Congress, in it usual ineptitude, had Kelly Air Force Base closed... and its assets realigned by the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) IV Commission.

73 posted on 11/23/2013 2:54:19 PM PST by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Qwackertoo

I’d give good odds that Boeing will pick Huntsville.


74 posted on 11/23/2013 2:54:54 PM PST by Tom D.
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Less than $7.6k to go!

We're on the homestretch!!
Let's git 'er done!!!!

75 posted on 11/23/2013 3:18:39 PM PST by RedMDer (Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
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To: Jane Long
Actually the closed Kelly AFB has a huge runway. And lots of real estate near by. Boeing already has a facility here with some operations. San Antonio seems like a good choice to me. I don't know what the other properties SA have to offer.

San Antonio is basically a Democratic stronghold. Julio Castro is the mayor and the city council rubber stamps anything he wants. He is the Obama on the horizon as far as the Hispanics are concerned (Harvard graduate). It's disgusting that he is running this city as Obama is running the country. .

My recommendation is to NEVER elect another president from Harvard or Yale!!!!!!!

76 posted on 11/23/2013 3:27:15 PM PST by Alissa
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To: Alissa

It doesn’t mean in the city of San Antonio proper does it? I doubt there is a big enough place with an airstrip to fly out new planes.


77 posted on 11/23/2013 3:29:32 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Bender2

Personally I think Boeing probably go down to Texas build the planes because of low tax rate in Texas for businesses

Days of California building planes are way over Sorry to say it it is true


78 posted on 11/23/2013 3:33:41 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: GeronL

Alaska! ;-)


79 posted on 11/23/2013 3:48:54 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (What happened to my tagline??)
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To: jazusamo
The only worse places than california would be a foreign country, and I say that as a native californian. They set up here, and the liberal wankers will gleefully tax them into ruin and then pull a venezuela on them.

I hear Sherriff Arpaio would be a good one to get pointer to good places to set up.

80 posted on 11/23/2013 3:51:12 PM PST by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
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