The F-22 Raptor project at Lockheed in Marietta appears to be doomed. The Pentagon said it will not buy anymore, they are obsolete.
That probably means about 2000 of the 7000 jobs at Lockheed Marietta will lose their jobs. That is bad enough but on top of the poor economy we are in now, that adds insult to injury.
After the Korean War Lockheed had a huge lay-off, I think about 12,000 people lost their jobs. And according to Doctor Thomas Scott, author of Cobb County, Georgia and the Origins of the Suburban South, a Twentieth-Century History, the economy in Cobb was so well oiled the fired Lockheed employees quickly was absorbed in the work force of Cobb. Hopefully, Cobb County's economy is still healthy and that will happen again - if needed.
"Build airplanes here? Why? We have a good thing going now! Besides, what are airplanes?"
That's too bad for your area, Eddie.
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ReplyDeleteMaybe. But hopefully we will spring back as before.
It is difficult times, indeed. They say it is worse in other countries and has been much worse before. But guess that is not much help, is it?
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