I worked at LS&Co. for 20 years many moons ago. Our facility made 501s, fwiw. They were very quick to jump on the global economy bandwagon; Japan was our first big global customer. Our facility was one of 16 shut down in ‘98 when they were moving all the manufacturing out of the US (thanks NAFTA). It was devastating at the time, but life goes on, ya know? Turned out to be best for me all around. I do have to give credit where due, though. They did right by us during the closures.