Boeing's JAL loss may bring jobs back to the US

[NEW YORK] Boeing's loss of a major Japanese airplane order to rival Airbus last week may produce a surprise US benefit - bringing aerospace work home to US companies.

Over the past 50 years, Boeing has increasingly outsourced large aircraft pieces such as wings and fuselage sections.

Its partnerships with Japanese companies carried the understanding that Japanese airlines would keep buying Boeing planes. The virtuous circle gave work to Japan's heavy industrial companies and helped Boeing keep Airbus largely out of the Japanese market.