Airbus confirms 10,000 job cuts

blackace · 28th Feb 2007, 13:42

Well, there goes another bit of UK industry.

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Troubled planemaker Airbus has announced it is to cut 10,000 jobs across Europe over the next four years.

France will be worst hit with 4,300 job losses. Germany will see 3,700 jobs go while the UK and Spain will see 1,600 and 400 jobs cut respectively.

Airbus boss Louis Gallois said the firm was "facing huge challenges" and "was not efficient enough".

Airbus has been struggling in the wake of production delays to its flagship A380 superjumbo project.

Mr Gallois said the weak US dollar had also made the changes necessary.

G-CPTN · 28th Feb 2007, 13:50

I liked the way M Gallois delivered his announcement in ENGLISH with a simultaneous GERMAN translation.
Now there's diplomacy for you . . .

WG774 · 28th Feb 2007, 14:43

Taken from the BBC header page:

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Struggling planemaker Airbus announces 10,000 job losses across Europe, including 1,600 in the UK.

Aside from the fact that, in my book, a "planemaker" is a manufacturer of woodworking tools, is the Beeb right to describe Airbus as "struggling"?

Evening Star · 28th Feb 2007, 16:19

Is this the same number of jobs that Boeing cut just as it was about to introduce the 747 back yonder? Just asking to cause trouble you understand...

(Or does history have to repeat because nobody listens the first time?)

BOFH · 28th Feb 2007, 16:39

ISTR the programme almost sent Boeing broke.

Nonetheless it is always sad to hear of people losing their jobs - unless they are selected politicians and civil servants.

BOFH

seacue · 28th Feb 2007, 17:13

Yes, the 747 nearly finished Boeing. Not too long after its introduction I was camping in a Western park. Got talking to other campers. One was a Boeing engineer. Apparently they really didn't want to lose him but the job they found to keep him was designing what was needed on the 747 to accomodate the loos. At least he had a job while many others didn't.

Evening Star · 28th Feb 2007, 19:17

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Originally Posted by BOFH

Nonetheless it is always sad to hear of people losing their jobs - unless they are selected politicians

Despite my cynicism, with this I agree!

BOFH · 28th Feb 2007, 22:05

seacue

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designing what was needed on the 747 to accomodate the loos

It did not involve an actor and a FA, did it?

BOFH

barit1 · 1st Mar 2007, 02:18

Can someone please translate this into French?

Captain Smithy · 1st Mar 2007, 07:23

Sad news. Yet more manufacturing down the tubes.

No doubt they'll be replaced by a load of pointless office jobs as seems to be the way nowadays.

Spui18 · 1st Mar 2007, 09:33

Captain Smithy

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No doubt they'll be replaced by a load of pointless office jobs

Maybe you should read the article again?

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joblosses at individual factories and in central management and administrative functions.

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