Boeing to slash 800 jobs at Kansas facility
Published 12:23 pm Wednesday, November 19, 2008
WICHITA, Kan. — Airplane maker Boeing Co. says it plans to cut about 800 positions at a facility in Wichita, Kan., next year.
The Chicago-based company says the reductions are a result of some programs ending and a delay in a U.S. Air Force tanker replacement program.
The layoffs will affect managers, as well as salaried and hourly workers. Boeing says it will deliver 60-day layoff notices to about 76 employees on Friday. The rest of the layoffs will continue throughout next year.
Boeing’s Wichita facility currently employs about 3,000 people.
