DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,679

AVIATION PARTNERS BOEING INC.
A JOINT VENTURE OF AVIATION PARTNERS, INC. AND
THE BOEING COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
CTS, PDS TECH, AND LMI AEROSPACE (TASS, INC.)
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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 28, 2016 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Aviation Partners Boeing Inc., a joint venture of
Aviation Partners, Inc. and The Boeing Company, including on-
site leased workers from CTS, PDS Tech, and LMI Aerospace
(TASS, Inc.), Seattle, Washington. The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of winglet shipsets.
Workers are not separately identifiable by article.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the firm's customers.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Aviation Partners Boeing Inc., a joint venture of Aviation
Partners, Inc. and The Boeing Company, including on-site
leased workers from CTS, PDS Tech, and LMI Aerospace (TASS,
Inc.), Seattle, Washington.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Aviation Partners
Boeing Inc., a joint venture of Aviation Partners, Inc. and
The Boeing Company, including on-site leased workers from CTS,
PDS Tech, and LMI Aerospace (TASS, Inc.), Seattle, Washington,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
winglet shipsets, 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 Aviation Partners Boeing Inc., a joint
venture of Aviation Partners, Inc. and The Boeing
Company, including on-site leased workers from CTS, PDS
Tech, and LMI Aerospace (TASS, Inc.), Seattle, Washington,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after March 26, 2017 through two years from the date
of certification, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from employment on the
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 29th day of June 2018.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance