DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-60,830

GE ENGINE SERVICES INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF GE AVIATION
ONTARIO PLANT #1
ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated on January 25, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers of GE Engine Services Inc., a subsidiary of GE
Aviation, Ontario Plant #1, Ontario, California. Workers were
engaged in engine overhauls and related services.
The investigation revealed that GE Aviation - Engine
Services, West Coast Operations, Plant #1, Ontario, California,
does not produce an article within the meaning of Section
222(a)(2) of the Act. In order to be considered eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, the worker group seeking certification (or on whose
behalf certification is being sought) must work for a "firm" or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article and there must
be a relationship between the workers' work and the article
produced by the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision, the
aircraft engine repair workers described above do not support a
firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an article
domestically and thus the worker group can not be considered
import impacted or affected by a shift in production of an
article.
Although the engine overhaul workers did final assembly of
"component assemblies" of engine module units, this constitutes
replacement of life-limited hardware owned by the customers and
is considered overhaul/refurbishment work.
In addition, 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 worker group must be
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance
(TAA). Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for
TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of the GE Engine
Services Inc., a subsidiary of GE Aviation, Ontario Plant #1,
Ontario, California are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act
of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 27th day of March 2007


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