Wed, Dec 03, 2008
About 150 Workers Apply For Voluntary Leave
And now this, from the "mixed
blessings" department. Cessna Aircraft sent out 60-day layoff
notices Monday, in keeping with the Wichita-based planemaker's
announcement last month that as many as 665 workers would be laid
off after the first of the year.
However, thanks to about 150 workers who took voluntary layoff
packages... not as many workers will be fired as originally
reported, Cessna spokesman Doug Oliver told The Wichita Eagle.
As ANN reported, Cessna announced the layoffs
November 12, one week after company CEO Jack Pelton warned of
imminent firings due to the current economic crisis.
"In response to our current economic environment, we are
adjusting our aircraft delivery plans for 2009," wrote Pelton in a
November 4 memo to workers. "We will have a slight increase in
total deliveries for 2009 as compared to 2008; however, this will
be lower than what was originally planned. The plan will include an
increase in the number of Mustang deliveries and a decrease in some
of the other Citation models. We are also planning on fewer piston
aircraft deliveries in 2009."
Cessna had originally planned to lay off approximately 500
workers in Wichita, and the balance at Cessna's recently acquired
plant in Bend, OR that produces the Cessna (nee Columbia) 350 and
400. It's unclear how many 60-day notices were distributed at each
location.
The Eagle adds Cessna will hold information sessions this week,
to help all workers who will soon be leaving the company find
placement at other jobs.
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