Wow; I hope they don’t assume that gravy train will go on forever. IIRC, Long Island lost a Grumman plant years ago (probably because of the same mindset related to government defense contracts).
Here in NJ our Motor Vehicle inspections are now limited to emissions; those remaining employees probably do well, but there are a lot less of them...
This was in the 1980s....I imagine that plant changed hands long ago. Several times in fact.
BTW, I was also at that Grumman Plant, too. Same thing.