Boeing to cut 270 jobs

Seattle, June 13: Boeing Co. is cutting about 270 technical employees and will outsource their jobs abroad, according to a report. The affected employees produce technical publications that Boeing provides to its airline customers, including maintenance manuals and service bulletins, The Seattle Times reported on Thursday. "After careful study, we`ve decided to change the long-term business model for that work by transferring it to companies with a lower cost base," Boeing spokeswoman Jill Langer told the Times.

The first layoff notices are already going out, and the work will begin to move out in the fourth quarter of this year, with added layoffs following over the next two years, with a total job loss of about 270 jobs, the newspaper reported.

Langer told the paper that Boeing is considering outsourcing other areas of fleet services and support.
Separately, Boeing said yesterday it will outline plans at next week`s Paris Air Show for the development of a new version of the long-haul 747 jet.
The plans build on the "747-800" project that focuses on more seating capacity and a longer range than current 747s, said Ran dolph Baseler, vice president of marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, in London.

In 2001, Boeing scrapped its plans for a 747 jumbo jet called the 747X, concentrating instead on building a jet that would travel near the speed of sound, named the Sonic Cruiser.
Bureau Report