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Start to see what the demand is for our aircraft, we're going to need so much more as we move forward. >> listen, ray, thank you for hosting us here and thank you for educating us. >> thank you. good to see you. >> ray conout at boeing. the decline in manufacturing is reflected in the changing demographic of the american workers, as we were just discussing. less than 9% of americans now work in manufacturing, a decline of 8.1 million during the last three decades. manufacturing now in fact represents just 11% of our gdp, down from nearly a third in the years following world war ii. so the ques...

movement, and showing new sectors of the industry that aren't just surviving, they're thriving. "steel on wheels" it's all aboard to seattle. and the show starts right now. well, good afternoon to you live from the kickoff of our third steel on wheels tour. welcome to the future of flight aviation center right outside of seattle and adjacent to the dreamliner campus for boeing. the 787 being assembled just outside these doors. nice to see you. i am dylan ratigan. this area home to boeing, one of the several great manufacturingers based here in the great northwest, and we'll take you ...

Into our own country, a currency 50 cents cheaper than our own dollar. well, impressively companies like boeing and nucor have been able to achieve success. our first guest here today in the great state of washington is boeing vice president of supply chain and management, ray conner. ray, it's a pleasure to see. >> nice to see you. >> you started as a mechanic. >> that's correct. >> if you look at the business of assembling this plane, you took a bunch of jobs that were here out, brought them back. why? >> it really comes down to four things, when you think about where do we do work? where ar...