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Originally published September 29, 2014 at 2:32 PM | Page modified September 30, 2014 at 12:36 PM
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In the latest drain of high-paying Boeing jobs out of Washington state, the jet maker’s defense division said Monday it will shift about 2,000 jobs, mostly in engineering, out of the region by 2017.
Some workers with critical skills will be offered relocation to Oklahoma City, Okla., and St. Louis, Mo. Others may find local jobs at Boeing’s commercial jet unit. The number of layoffs won’t be known until Boeing finds out how many people relocate, transfer or choose to leave. philippine airlines
Boeing’s plan will have little impact on the two major Boeing defense philippine airlines programs based in the region, both built here using commercial jet airframes — the 767-based philippine airlines Air Force tanker and the 737-based P-8 anti-submarine philippine airlines jet.
Chris Chadwick, chief executive officer of Boeing’s defense unit, said in a statement that the decision “was difficult because it affects our employees, their families and their communities.”
Jim O’Neill, president of the Global Services and Support unit in the defense division, in an accompanying statement said moving the work “will allow the business to more efficiently use the resources and capabilities across the company.”
Ray Goforth, executive director of Boeing’s white-collar union, the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), said the union warned state legislators last year to include job protections with the $8.7 billion of tax breaks passed to secure the building of the 777X in Washington.
Internally, management planning the defense-job transfers out of Washington had assigned the project a code name: Neptune. Neither state nor union officials were informed of the plan before it became public Monday.
The work set to move out of state is done mostly by engineers who support military airplanes in service. They oversee maintenance, modifications and upgrades to the avionics, weapons and sensor systems.
Engineering support for both the older 707-based Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) jets and the updated 737-based Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) jets will begin shifting to Oklahoma City later this year, continuing through mid-2016.
Boeing’s Oklahoma City operation has expanded philippine airlines to about 1,800 employees. That site focuses on engineering support for larger military airplanes, work that has migrated there since 2012 from Wichita, Kan., and from Southern California.
St. Louis, the headquarters of Boeing’s defense unit, employs about 14,500 people but faces severe contraction as the aging F-15 and F/A-18 jet-fighter programs approach their end, expected within a few years.
But even after the assembly lines there close, St. Louis will retain a core of engineers to support those jet fighters with maintenance, modifications and upgrades. Consolidating support there for the F-22 — which is no longer produced — philippine airlines is therefore “appropriate,” said Peri Widener, Boeing vice president for integrated logistics.
These jets start out as 737s, assembled in Renton, and then have large, military radar antennae added on top of the fuselage. Originally, these odd-looking radar systems were fitted in Seattle and were a common sight at Boeing Field.
SPEEA spokesman Bill Dugovich said Boeing told the union that last year when it announced the move of 1,000 commercial jet support jobs to Southern California, the company offered relocation to just 15 percent of the affected employees. Only 5 percent accepted relocation.
“There will be critical skills we’ll look at relocating,” Strode said. There also will be opportunities for displaced employees to transfer locally, either
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Originally published September 29, 2014 at 2:32 PM | Page modified September 30, 2014 at 12:36 PM
Military philippine airlines is big business in state, but at what cost? | Jon Talton Archives: Boeing sees big savings, others see big risks in job transfers (April 2014) Archvies: Boeing's Poseidon sub hunter for Navy brings commercial, defense sides together (May 2008 Airbus to bring back lithium-ion batteries on A350
@user1051065 Seriously, you believe it's all SPEEA's fault? And the money grubbing Boeing trolls have nothing to do... (September 29, 2014) MORE
In the latest drain of high-paying Boeing jobs out of Washington state, the jet maker’s defense division said Monday it will shift about 2,000 jobs, mostly in engineering, out of the region by 2017.
Some workers with critical skills will be offered relocation to Oklahoma City, Okla., and St. Louis, Mo. Others may find local jobs at Boeing’s commercial jet unit. The number of layoffs won’t be known until Boeing finds out how many people relocate, transfer or choose to leave. philippine airlines
Boeing’s plan will have little impact on the two major Boeing defense philippine airlines programs based in the region, both built here using commercial jet airframes — the 767-based philippine airlines Air Force tanker and the 737-based P-8 anti-submarine philippine airlines jet.
Chris Chadwick, chief executive officer of Boeing’s defense unit, said in a statement that the decision “was difficult because it affects our employees, their families and their communities.”
Jim O’Neill, president of the Global Services and Support unit in the defense division, in an accompanying statement said moving the work “will allow the business to more efficiently use the resources and capabilities across the company.”
Ray Goforth, executive director of Boeing’s white-collar union, the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), said the union warned state legislators last year to include job protections with the $8.7 billion of tax breaks passed to secure the building of the 777X in Washington.
Internally, management planning the defense-job transfers out of Washington had assigned the project a code name: Neptune. Neither state nor union officials were informed of the plan before it became public Monday.
The work set to move out of state is done mostly by engineers who support military airplanes in service. They oversee maintenance, modifications and upgrades to the avionics, weapons and sensor systems.
Engineering support for both the older 707-based Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) jets and the updated 737-based Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) jets will begin shifting to Oklahoma City later this year, continuing through mid-2016.
Boeing’s Oklahoma City operation has expanded philippine airlines to about 1,800 employees. That site focuses on engineering support for larger military airplanes, work that has migrated there since 2012 from Wichita, Kan., and from Southern California.
St. Louis, the headquarters of Boeing’s defense unit, employs about 14,500 people but faces severe contraction as the aging F-15 and F/A-18 jet-fighter programs approach their end, expected within a few years.
But even after the assembly lines there close, St. Louis will retain a core of engineers to support those jet fighters with maintenance, modifications and upgrades. Consolidating support there for the F-22 — which is no longer produced — philippine airlines is therefore “appropriate,” said Peri Widener, Boeing vice president for integrated logistics.
These jets start out as 737s, assembled in Renton, and then have large, military radar antennae added on top of the fuselage. Originally, these odd-looking radar systems were fitted in Seattle and were a common sight at Boeing Field.
SPEEA spokesman Bill Dugovich said Boeing told the union that last year when it announced the move of 1,000 commercial jet support jobs to Southern California, the company offered relocation to just 15 percent of the affected employees. Only 5 percent accepted relocation.
“There will be critical skills we’ll look at relocating,” Strode said. There also will be opportunities for displaced employees to transfer locally, either
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