Hey Jacob,
They gave us two reasons. The first was that you could drop cameras, phones etc. and they could damage equipment or the brand new planes below! Which I thought was fair enough. When taking the tour you walk around on a path above the factory and the railing is only 1m or so high.
The second reason was that competitor's could see the equipment they use and steal there ideas I guess. I thought this was pretty stupid considering anyone can take the tour. Somebody from another aircraft manufacturer could take it and no-one would know. Also there are lots of photos inside the factory already. For example, Qantas and Jetstar went to Seattle recently to see their first 787 and there are photos of it on the internet. There is even a documentary that shows to 747-8 assembly line.
Would've been good being able to take photos. But it doesn't matter.
Brandon
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