Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement

[Will Hargrave <will () harg net>]

Todd Underwood wrote:

> nice commentary, rodney.  useful.  
>
> one additional fact is relevant here:  at it's peak, boeing connexion
> employed over 670 people (mike hughes pointed me to the nubmer and i
> can't find the link).

It is an astonishing number, was over 750 at it's peak.

http://www.boeing.com/employment/employment_table.html

I'm curious as to how many folk carried out different kinds of jobs. I 
imagine a huge proportion deal/dealt with installations which is going 
to be a labour intensive process on aircraft.

People wondering about at-seat power (including the AC 'myth') can check 
here http://www.seatguru.com/ - no idea how accurate it is.

Will