DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,990

AIRLINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI

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 March 12, 2008 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Airline Manufacturing Company, Inc., Columbus, Mississippi. The
workers produce wood components for furniture parts.
The investigation revealed that Airline Manufacturing
Company, Inc., Columbus, Mississippi supplies component parts for
the manufacture of wood components for furniture parts and a loss
of business with a manufacturer of wood components for furniture
parts whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the separation
or threat of separation of workers at Airline Manufacturing
Company, Inc., Columbus, Mississippi.
In addition, 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 possess skills that are not 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 Airline Manufacturing
Company, Inc., Columbus, Mississippi qualify 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 Airline Manufacturing Company, Inc., Columbus,
Mississippi who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 4, 2007, 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 assis-
tance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 22nd day of April 2008


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance