DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,787

THALES AVIONICS, INC.
AEROSPACE SERVICES WORLDWIDE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM OFFICE TEAM
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 23, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Thales Avionics, Inc., Aerospace Services Worldwide
Division, Seattle, Washington (Thales Avionics). The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Office Team. The
workers provide repair services of avionics and in-flight
entertainment equipment.
The investigation revealed that workers of Thales Avionics
who are engaged in activities related to repair services of
avionics and in-flight entertainment equipment meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have separated from the subject firm.
Criterion II has been met because the subject firm has
shifted to a foreign country repair services of avionics and
in-flight entertainment equipment.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of repair
services of avionics and in-flight entertainment equipment to
Singapore by Thales Avionics contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Thales Avionics.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Thales Avionics,
Inc., Aerospace Services Worldwide Division, including on-site
leased workers from Office Team, Seattle, Washington, who are
engaged in activities related to repair services of avionics and
in-flight entertainment equipment meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Thales Avionics, Inc., Aerospace Services
Worldwide Division, including on-site leased workers from
Office Team, Seattle, Washington, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 17,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on date of certification through
two years from the date of certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of October, 2009.

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