Spirit AeroSystems will place workers handling Boeing 737 MAX fuselages on a 21-day unpaid furlough.
Boeing told Spirit to suspend additional work on 4 737 MAX planes and to avoid starting production on 16 others scheduled to be delivered in 2020, Spirit said.
Spirit is taking the actions"in order to support Boeing's alignment of near-term delivery schedules to its customers' needs in light of's impact on air travel and airline operations, and in order to mitigate the expenditure of potential unnecessary production costs," Spirit said. As a result, Spirit, which builds the fuselages for the MAX, will place workers at its Wichita factory working on the plane on a 21-day unpaid furlough starting on Monday, June 15. Local media said the move will affect 900 workers.
Spirit said it was also undertaking an"immediate reduction" of the hourly workforces in Tulsa and McAlester, Oklahoma.
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