Education will keep aerospace jobs aloft in Washington

Pat Shanahan, Boeing's head of airplane programs, said Tuesday the company's "commercial market outlook" over the next 20 years forecasts industry demand for 33,500 airplanes.

The challenge for this state is to be ready to embrace the opportunity, and compete to retain and grow the employment that comes with successful products. For Shanahan that means education: "We don't have enough engineers to do all the work."