[Jeff Higgins]

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap

cough cough, I'd use the term "built" in South Carolina loosely........maybe "assembled", but certainly not built.

Debacle of international outsourcing of major components like complete wings and body sections = years of delays and stuff that just didn't fit nor work.

sources:

Business & Technology | Boeing 787: Parts from around world will be swiftly integrated | Seattle Times Newspaper

Did you read the Seattle Times article that Thom linked above? Marco and Willie... and let's not forget out old buddy Carl, who is not mentioned (for good reason)...

Both Dave and I have worked with/for/against the two men named in that article - Marco and Willie - and much of the engineering and management staff down there. It's simply amazing how many of my our buddies wound up in Charleston. Most of the engineering and management staff are transfers from up here. None the less, it is truly impressive how quickly they pulled it together.