[michael1999]

I don't see anything about the engineering culture in the union demands. It's all about pay, benefits, etc.

I fear this will do the exact opposite: vindicate the union-busters who wanted to move out of Washington in the first place.

[michael1999]

I should be clear, I see the linkage.

The union-busters from MD are a cause of Boeing's woes, and it would be difficult to maintain a high-discipline, high-quality culture in a right-to-work plant without external oversight. The plausible deniability of production mandates with records falsification make zero-tenure employment toxic to a safety-critical program.