Thousands of its employees support manufacturing and aircraft fabrication and assist in product development at this site.

But the Boeing employee said he had a front-row view of the assembly. "I literally saw people jumping on the pieces of the airplane to get them to align," said Salehpour about the 777 production line.

The Boeing 777-300ER had a room with two beds for pilots and an eight-bed area for flight attendants. Both rest areas were tight, but I noticed that pilots had more amenities than flight attendants.