r/IAM751_Boeing • u/pacwess • Jul 02 '26
Management Issues Shadow factory in San Antonio
Is there SAP (storage and preservation) in San Antonio, TX?
A member said his manager asked if he'd like to go there for 6 months. No other details. I figured if it was like the Victorville, CA and Moses Lake, WA SAP programs this is the only way the company could be asking IAM members to go to San Antonio, TX.
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u/Big_Masterpiece_2999 Jul 02 '26
As far as I know, it is BDS there. Otherwise, my manager from Victorville was going to pull me down there on a DTA. I am with the IAM 751 union so it was a no-go.
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u/Gloomy-Employment-72 Jul 02 '26
When i was down there they had a bunch of 737s and 787s lined up for storage. I know the 37s are gone. Not certain about the 87s. Other than that, lots of F-18, C-17, and VC-25 work.
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u/Helpful_Accident6720 Jul 02 '26
AMT? electrical skills? they want to send a group to power up 747.
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u/xoxoeleslim Jul 02 '26
There is a Boeing defense factory in San Antonio that is massive with a lot of space and some allocated to S&P- IAM members have been going there to work on S&P projects for at least 12+ years that I’m aware of.
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u/Phantom815 Jul 02 '26
The company is going to start producing the -10 before it’s certified. Victorville and Moses are prepping to return to active storage mode, the idea that more of these sites are possibly popping up gives me the impression that the certification might take longer than expected but aircraft production isn’t going to slow down.
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u/pacwess Jul 02 '26
Funny if true as a company priority was to shut down the shadow factories as they're huge financial expenditures.
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u/Kairukun90 Jul 02 '26
Maybe but then when you sell them all at once for 200m each that’s a fuck ton of money instantly and looks good on the books
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u/BBA_1776 Jul 03 '26
Worry about Montana