Companies like mine will probably not do it like AT&T because we are basicly a govt contractor, but I have a feeling that our rates will rise drasticly and our benefits will be cut to keep it moderately affordable. We are also in the middle of a very heavy competition with Airbus and if our costs were to rise too much, it would end up doing 1 of 2 things. Lockheed will have to raise the price of the C-130, and other products, to cover the additional personnel costs, or Lockheed will have to stop hiring people and as a result, push back delivery dates on airplanes. Delivery dates are already more than 2 years after the deposit is made.






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