In article t, Karl
Townsend wrote:

Well it finally happened.
We are officially liquidating the Machine shop at South Seattle
Community College.

Sadly, I know of at least 4 machine shop closings at local colleges in our
(MN) area. I don't understand, why is it that today's kids aren't interested
in this field? (My son is an exception - he went to machine shop as a
Junior/Senior high school pre-grad option) This is a great field to be in,
there's a job in every town in the whole nation, you work inside, the pay's
good,etc. etc. Plus you set yourself up for one of the most satisfying
hobbies there is.

Karl



Seattle's problem is Boeing.
They have laid off so many machinists over the last few years that
there just aren't any machining jobs in the whle Northwest.
With no job prospects, there is little insentive for kids to go into
the field.
It is the same reason they shut down the Avionics program and the
Automation Controls program over the last 5 years.

The guys coming out of Boeing have many years of experience and kids
fresh out of school can't compete.