Lawmakers in Washington State are working to draft legislation aimed at giving the region the ability to better compete for Boeing’s business - including future assembly of the 737 successor aircraft - as well as attract new companies to the region, ATI and Flight Global can exclusively reveal.

The legislative effort comes as Boeing considers establishing a 787 assembly line outside its historic Everett, Washington home, a move that has prompted the machinists union to study the wording of a 2003 piece of legislation that effectively provided a multi-billion dollar tax-break package to Boeing and other Washington companies after the airframer agreed to establish a final assembly plant for the 787 in Everett. That agreement is known as “Project Olympus”.

Snohomish County Councilmember Brian Sullivan, a former state representative who now represents County Council District 2, which includes the city of Everett, says: “I’m proposing through State Senator Paull Shin and seve

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