Cessna Aircraft managers will lay off 75 workers on the Mustang entry-level jet at Independence, Kan., due to softness in Mustang orders. An air taxi company in Europe canceled a large order.
Notices were given to employees on Aug. 18. Cessna has reduced its 2010 Mustang order outlook to about 70 aircraft and made layoffs to adjust to the lower production plan.
Textron President and CEO Scott Donnelly said in July that he is reevaluating the economy constantly but still believes 2010 is the trough year for Citation deliveries.
Cessna spokesman Doug Oliver said the layoffs are unrelated to an earlier production slowdown that resulted from flooding at the site of a major subcontractor. The slowdown resulted in rolling furloughs for 200 Independence workers.
