AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT GDC TECHNICS

Fort Worth, Texas-based GDC Technics, a provider of communication, engineering, and integration services to the aerospace market, has announced that it will be ceasing "most operations" at its Fort Worth headquaters, closing its San Antonio, Texas operations, and laying off 223 employees.

According to GDC Technics CEO Brad Foreman, the layoff decision was driven by Boeing's termination of the company's contract to build out the interiors of two Boeing 747-8 aircraft to be delivered by the end of 2024 and used as presidential aircraft.

Boeing has sued the company alleging that the company failed to meet deadlines and delivery dates and cancelled the contracts for GDC Technics "insolvency and failure to meet contractual obligations."

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT CARLISLE INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGIES

Saint Augustine, Florida-based Carlisle Interconnect Technologies, a major manufacturer of high-performance wire and cabling for the aerospace industry, has announced a major restructuring program that has significantly reduced Carlisle's revenue stream.

The company is responding to the fiscal emergency by shutting down its plant in Kent Washington over the coming year and permanently layoff its 595 employees.

An unspecified number of layoffs occurred at other company locations in Mobile Alabama, El Segundo, California, and Riverside, California which is closed or being closed.

The company plans to consolidate its commercial aerospace work at the company's other locations in Saint Augustine, Florida; Franklin, Wisconsin; and Nogales, Mexico.

According to a spokesperson for the company's parent, the Carlisle Companies, "Aircraft build and retrofit are way down. Our business has gone away, frankly. The shutdown should be complete by the end of 2021, if not sooner.”

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT WEBER METALS

Paramount, California-based Weber Metal, owned by the Meinerzhagen, Germany-based Otto Fuchs Group, and specializing in the forging of high-temperature and high-performance metals for the aerospace industry, has announced they will lay off 169 employees by August 21, 2020. Positions include impact die forge helpers, press operators, industrial engineers, maintenance mechanics, saw operators, inspectors, and a variety of other support positions.

This will be the company's second layoff this year where 181 employees were furloughed in April. An affiliated shipping operation in Compton, California had also laid off 130 workers in late March.

According to a company spokesperson, “As the economic impacts of COVID-19 have evolved, Weber Metals has not experienced the upturn in business it expected when it initially furloughed its employees. These layoffs are expected to be permanent. This is based on the best information currently available to us but may change due to subsequent events beyond our control.”

The company was affected by Boeing's suspension of the 737 MAX program.

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?