Boeing to shut down Long Beach assembly plant and eliminate thousands of jobs | The Breakdown | 89.3 KPCC

Boeing to shut down Long Beach assembly plant and eliminate thousands of jobs | The Breakdown | 89.3 KPCC

Boeing, the company that lays claim to being the world's largest aerospace manufacturer, has decided to stop production of military cargo planes at its Long Beach facility by 2015, shutting down the last major airplane assembly plant in California.
The facility builds C-17 Globemaster III military cargo planes that carry food, equipment and supplies. The closure will impact nearly 3,000 Boeing employees, including about 2,000 people in Southern California. Boeing said it is closing the facility because there weren’t enough orders for the planes.
Kenneth Villarreal, a Boeing employee who handles quality assurance of C-17s, said he’s concerned about what he’ll do next.