DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,147

BOEING COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT GROUP
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or subdi-
vision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or appro-
priate subdivision have contributed importantly to the
separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.



The investigation was initiated on March 25, 2002 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group, Salt Lake City, Utah. The
workers are engaged in the manufacture of out-of-production spare
parts for aircraft.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject firm does not produce spare parts for aircraft at
any foreign location. The subject firm did not import the spare
parts from any source. Sales of spare parts at the subject plant
either increased or remained in a narrow range of fluctuation
during the periods in question.
Petitioners cite both the adverse effects of September 11
terrorist attack on the aircraft industry and the loss of
international business as grounds for certification. Neither
political/historical events nor a loss of export sales can be used
a basis for certification under the Trade Act of 1974.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Boeing
Commercial Aircraft Group, Salt Lake City, Utah are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 1st day of July 2002


/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance