AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT SAFRAN SEATS

Gainesville, Texas-based Safran Seats, owned by Paris, France-based Safran and a designer, certifier, and assembler of aircraft seats, has announced a major reduction in force at its manufacturing facility located in Santa Maria, California. The Safran Seats facility will close by the end of 2020 and impact 300 employees.

The decision was driven by the worldwide downturn in the airline industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Safran Cabin, also located in Santa Maria and a creator of cabin interiors, will remain open although it previously laid off 58 employees.

According to a Safran spokesperson, "The aerospace industry is facing an unprecedented crisis as a result of the coronavirus pandemic's wide-ranging effects. There has been an 80% reduction in the amount of global air travel, and the impact of this already is being felt throughout the industry."

"The rescheduling of recent contracts due to COVID-19 has resulted in much of our activity being postponed to 2023. Regrettably, our company cannot sustain these significant business impacts, and we are now in the unfortunate position of making major structural adjustments to Safran Seats worldwide."

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT GE AVIATION

Evendale, Ohio-based GE Aviation, manufacturer of aircraft engines and components, is responding to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and airline travel restrictions by announcing a reduction in force of approximately 13,000 jobs worldwide using both voluntary and involuntary layoffs.

According to a statement issued by the company...

"The deep contraction of commercial aviation is unprecedented, affecting every customer worldwide. Global traffic is expected to be down approximately 80% in the second quarter when compared to the start of the pandemic’s effect in China in early February. Our aircraft manufacturers have announced reduced production schedules that will extend into 2021 and beyond reacting to the projected prolonged recovery."

"To protect our business, we have responded with difficult cost-cutting actions over the last two months. Unfortunately, more is required as we scale the business to the realities of our commercial market."

"We are developing our plan for permanent reductions to our global employee base that we anticipate will bring our total reductions this year to as much as 25% (including both voluntary and involuntary actions already announced).”

"These plans, which we expect will be ready over the coming months, are part of a comprehensive strategy we are developing for resizing the business consistent with the forecast of our commercial market. While extremely difficult, I am confident this is the required response to the continued contraction of the industry and its protracted recovery. I am equally confident that the industry will recover over time and that we will be positioned to win."

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT TRIUMPH AEROSPACE STRUCTURES (02/19/21)

FEBRUARY 19, 2021 — PLANT CLOSURE WITH 130 LAYOFFS IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON

The company plans to close its 394,000 square-foot composite systems aircraft components manufacturing plant in the summer of 2022. The plant’s major customer was Boeing and produced floor panels and ducting.

According to a company spokesperson, “Due to significant production rate reductions to our core business and the impact of COVID-19 on the commercial aviation market and travel industry, we have reached a point where it is no longer viable for Triumph to continue. at the present location; therefore made the difficult decision to start the process of closing the site.”

OCTOBER 30, 2019 — Original post…

Berwyn, Pennsylvania-based Triumph Group, a military and commercial aerospace equipment designer and manufacturer, has announced that it will be closing two Triumph Aerospace Structures facilities in California and a definitive agreement to sell its Nashville, Tennessee-based assembly operations to Wichita, Kansas-based TECT Aerospace, a manufacturer of complex aerostructure components, parts and assemblies from the full spectrum of traditional and aerospace alloys. The two California facilities, located in Hawthorne, California, and Torrance, California will impact approximately 250 employees, mostly involved in mechanical engineering and assembly operations. The layoffs are to be completed by the early part of December 2019. The company will retain and continue to operate an assembly and testing facility in Valencia, California.

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?

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