Fifty employees at Cessna’s Columbus, Ohio plant will be notified within two weeks of their impending layoffs, part of the elimination of 1,300 jobs across the firm. Up to 500 Cessna workers will get layoff notices this month. Those affected will get 60 days notice, and severance packages. The firm currently employs 475 in Columbus. The Cessna Aircraft [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Pratt & Whitney will shutter its aircraft engine plant in Indianapolis, Indiana, putting 100 workers on the street. The layoffs will occur over the next year and a half. Those targeted will get severance packages and outplacement assistance. East Hartford, Connecticut’s Pratt & Whitney manufactures aircraft engines used in both civil and military aircraft. It also manufactures [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Hawker Beechcraft will outsource its logistics center jobs, affecting 300 employees over the next 18 months. The cuts target stockroom, trucking and material-handling personnel. The firings are part of 2,300 jobs to be eliminated, as announced in February. Hawker Beechcraft Corporation is a aerospace manufacturing company that builds the Beechcraft and Hawker business jet lines of aircraft. The [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Lockheed Martin will cut 600 jobs in New York, as the federal government cancels a contract to produce a new presidential helicopter. The cuts affect 25% of the workforce at Lockheed Martin’s Owego, New York plant. The project was originally to cost $6.5 billion, but costs had skyrocketed to $13 billion; and the aircraft would not have [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 24, 2009
East Hartford, Connecticut-based jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney is cutting 200 salaried jobs, less than 1% of its 37,000-strong workforce. One hundred and seventy cuts affect the Connecticut HQ. Pratt & Whitney is an American aircraft engine manufacturer of products widely used in both civil and military aircraft. In addition to aircraft engines, Pratt & Whitney [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 19, 2009
Stratford, Connecticut’s Sikorsky Aircraft cut its global work force by 2% this week, eliminating an estimated 350 jobs. The helicopter maker employs 17,500 globally. All divisions were targeted with reductions. The firm is also implementing three-day unpaid furloughs. The Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is an American aircraft manufacturer, founded in 1925 by Russian-American aircraft engineer Igor Sikorsky. Share This Story:
Continue reading...Friday, June 12, 2009
Cessna Aircraft will lay off another 1,300 people. The manufacturer of corporate jets has halved its workforce since the recession began. Eight hundred people will see pink slips by June 19th. It will furlough its remaining employees between June 22nd and July 17th. Then another 500 will get laid off. The firm is responding to order cancellations. It [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 30, 2009
Cessna Aircraft is closing an Oregon plant, and will lay off 1,600 workers across the firm. The company will be reducing production this year from 375 business jets to 325. The Cessna Aircraft Company is an airplane manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Their main products are general aviation aircraft. Although they are the most well-known for [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Airplane manufacturer Hawker Beechcraft is reducing production, and planning an undisclosed number of layoffs at all levels of the company throughout 2009. New CEO Bill Boisture told employees they will be notified of layoffs within the next few weeks. Hawker Beechcraft has gone through two rounds of layoffs since November, when it eliminated 490 positions. In February, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 5, 2009
General Dynamics will cut 1,200 jobs and post a lower profit, sending shares to a six-year low. General Dynamics said demand for its Gulfstream business jets has fallen further than expected. The firm expects to deliver 73 large-cabin aircraft and 24 mid-size planes in 2009, down from its earlier projections of 94 large and 30 mid-size. Cutting [...]
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