Kelly Ortberg, CEO of…Boeing“The company, which suffered from numerous problems during the current year related to quality and safety, intends to lay off 17,000 employees, or the equivalent of 10 percent of its global workforce, and postpone the delivery of its first 777X aircraft for a year.
Ortberg added that Boeing expects significant new losses in its defense industry activities amid a month-long strike that is negatively affecting the company’s finances.
He said in a letter to employees that Boeing must readjust its workforce levels “to match our financial reality” after a strike by about 30,000 workers on the West Coast led to… US Production of the 737 MAX, 767, and 777 aircraft has been halted.
