Smith, Doug (Mechanic), interviewee. O'Higgins, Briana M., 1983- interviewer. Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor. moving image Sound recordings. lcgft Video recordings. lcgft Interviews. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Personal narratives. lcgft eng Doug Smith is a tooler and mechanic for Spirit AeroSystems. He worked for Boeing up until the divestiture in 2005, when he was offered a job with Spirit. He talks about his training; his tasks and responsibilities at Boeing; how the plant was organized and the work environment; his co-workers; and the uncertainty of Boeing workers as their jobs were moved to Seattle or discontinued as the company repeatedly reorganized. Recorded in Wichita, Kansas, October 26, 2012. Boeing Aircraft Factory Workers : Archie Green Fellows Project, 2012-2013 (AFC 2012/036: 00394) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers. Smith, Doug (Mechanic)--Interviews. Boeing Aerospace Company--Employees--Interviews. Supervisors. Work environment. Work ethic. Corporations. Courtesy in the workplace. Factories. Families. Hobbies. Hours of labor. Humor in the workplace. Job security. Labor disputes. Labor unions. Managing your boss. Overtime. Plant shutdowns. Quality of work life. Blue collar workers. Aircraft industry--Kansas--Wichita. Wichita (Kan.), Boeing Aircraft Factory Workers : Archie Green Fellows Project, 2012-2013 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2012036.afc2012036_00394_mv01 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2012036.afc2012036_00394_sr01 Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.