Ah, Matt, Pennsylvania is part of the rust belt for a reason.

There is a strong union tradition there, both among steel workers and
miners. You will find very few labor intensive companies moving TO
Pennsylvania, and many moving away from there. Too bad, there's a
wonderful hard working labor force there, especially in the coal
regions of central/eastern PA.

It was a long time ago, but the children and grandchildren of the
"Molly McGuires" (spelling?) still pass along the oral history of
labor relations by explosive during the 30's, and John L Louis is
still a hero to many. By the way, I'd agree reform was badly needed in
that era.

My husband, who had in fact relocated a company or its divisions
several times, avoided PA even though he was born there. He had been
considered a 'gun-slinger', but not with his current employees here in
North Carolina.

I hope Piper finds a happy home. It's worth remembering, though, that
the failure of one general aviation company just means there's a
bigger market for those companies that are left. We did own an Arrow,
but are really big Mooney fans now (but why the heck did they hang a
540 cubic inch engine on the front of the newer ones, the IO 360 that
pulls along our 201 does very well?).

That's my fairly uninformed 2 cents worth.

Tina