`DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,912

THE BOEING COMPANY
MELBOURNE, ARKANSAS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a
secondarily affected worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements
of paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended,
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (b) of Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on February 27, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by the on behalf of workers of The
Boeing Company, Melbourne, Arkansas. The workers at the subject
firm are engaged in Boeing 747 production subassemblies, Boeing
spare subassemblies for out-of-production airplanes, and
maintenance and overhaul of airplanes. Workers are not
separately identifiable from unit.
The investigation revealed that The Boeing Company,
Melbourne, Arkansas, supplied components for large commercial
airplanes, and a loss of business with manufacturer of large
commercial airplanes whose workers were certified eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the
separation or threat of separation of workers The Boeing
Company, Melbourne, Arkansas.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26
USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility
requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The
Department has determined in this case that the requirements of
Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and do not possess skills that are easily
transferable. Competitive conditions within the industry are
adverse.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Boeing Company,
Melbourne, Arkansas qualifies as adversely affected secondary
workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of The Boeing Company, Melbourne,
Arkansas who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 24, 2005, through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 7th day of April 2006.


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