Hawker Beechcraft has completed the previously announced 350 layoffs and said it will move 820 jobs to existing plants in Mexico or to third-party suppliers.
In a letter to employees, Chairman and CEO Bill Boisture said cutbacks have been made in compensation at all levels, including his own, and through better training to reduce rework and scrap metal, and to speed work. Here are the jobs that will be moved as taken from Boisture’s letter:
“We will move our operations out of Plant I no later than August 2011 and as a result reduce our employment by approximately 470.
“We will move our operations out of Plant II no later than May 2011 and as a result reduce our employment by approximately 30.
“We will move King Air-related back shop operations out of Plant IV no later than August 2011 and as a result reduce our employment by approximately 195.
“We will move electrical and upholstery from Building 94 no later than July 2011 and as a result reduce our employment by approximately 80 employees.
“We will complete the third and final phase of the outsourcing of our Logistic Center operations by January 2011 and as a result reduce our union employment by another 45 employees.”
At the same time, Boisture said work on the newly announced Hawker 200 business jet will be done in Wichita, Kan., with completion and delivery taking place from Hawker Beechcraft’s Little Rock, Ark., facility.
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