Piper Aircraft souffre aussi, 300 persoones en moins, ventes en chute sévère
Sur Aeronews : ( en anglais )
Aero-News has learned Vero Beach, FL-based Piper Aircraft will take further actions in the wake of a massive slump in sales, releasing approximately 300 employees effective immediately.
"As a result of the deepening global recession, Piper Aircraft finds it necessary to take further
actions to ensure the Company remains viable," said Piper spokesman Mark Miller. "Similar to many other businesses, General Aviation has been experiencing one of the worst downturns in its history and sales of airplanes have sharply deteriorated over the past few months. These unforeseeable business circumstances are virtually unprecedented and have caused the company to take agonizing and painful actions."
In addition to the layoffs, Piper will shut down for one week in April, and again in July, "to avoid
building up unnecessary inventory and to provide time to assess rapidly changing market conditions." The shutdowns will be without pay, and will effect all employees, Miller added, from Management to hourly manufacturing workers.
Miller stressed that "when the economy improves, every attempt will be made to rehire impacted
employees," but added Piper may be forced to take further action before then if the market continues to "deteriorate."
The layoffs are on top of the 150 workers Piper laid off in November.
As ANN reported, last month Piper CEO Jim Bass told commissioners in Indian River County
the planemaker planned to curtail production this year by at least 40 percent compared to 2008 levels, due to the ongoing sales slump.
"We recognize that these are very challenging times for our employees, their families and the community and are doing everything possible to preserve the business and jobs....
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Sur Aeronews : ( en anglais )
Aero-News has learned Vero Beach, FL-based Piper Aircraft will take further actions in the wake of a massive slump in sales, releasing approximately 300 employees effective immediately.
"As a result of the deepening global recession, Piper Aircraft finds it necessary to take further
actions to ensure the Company remains viable," said Piper spokesman Mark Miller. "Similar to many other businesses, General Aviation has been experiencing one of the worst downturns in its history and sales of airplanes have sharply deteriorated over the past few months. These unforeseeable business circumstances are virtually unprecedented and have caused the company to take agonizing and painful actions."
In addition to the layoffs, Piper will shut down for one week in April, and again in July, "to avoid
building up unnecessary inventory and to provide time to assess rapidly changing market conditions." The shutdowns will be without pay, and will effect all employees, Miller added, from Management to hourly manufacturing workers.
Miller stressed that "when the economy improves, every attempt will be made to rehire impacted
employees," but added Piper may be forced to take further action before then if the market continues to "deteriorate."
The layoffs are on top of the 150 workers Piper laid off in November.
As ANN reported, last month Piper CEO Jim Bass told commissioners in Indian River County
the planemaker planned to curtail production this year by at least 40 percent compared to 2008 levels, due to the ongoing sales slump.
"We recognize that these are very challenging times for our employees, their families and the community and are doing everything possible to preserve the business and jobs....
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm