Textron layoffs deeper than expected (8300 people, 20% of workforce)

[TangoWhiskey]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Textr...69083.html?sec=topStories&pos=2&asset=&ccode=

Most of the cuts in Witchita. Tony, you escaping the axe?

 

[bbchien]

Tony C. works at a supplier to Cessna.....

 

[TangoWhiskey]

Tony C. works at a supplier to Cessna.....

Ah, good deal... these things have a tendency for ripple effects (see footnote "Detroit").

 

[rpadula]

because... sales to slide for two years as CEOs shun jets.

 

[tonycondon]

i don't work at Cessna. I was going to, but they withdrew my offer. I do work at a company who is a supplier to Cessna, as well as Boeing, Airbus, and many other aircraft manufacturers. I'm not working on a Cessna Project though.