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American to shut Down Engine Plant 500 to lose Jobs
Rolls Royce and American Airlines are shutting down a Texas plant that maintains and repairs aircraft engines (www.cnbc.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I don't see a labor savings here Phil, since they are keeping the folks in FTW and adding 100.
probably a fair decline in the number of RB.211's that are in use by American. (unless they become a contracted MRO for other carriers...) Quick check shows 67 B752 airframes in use, slated for retirement, to be replaced with A321. The list of other airframes using the RB.211 is rather short, with several now in retirement. Skilled workers, put them to good use!
Agree...assuming 60% of the staff losing employment are technicians that is still going to leave 200 on unemployment or forced to relocate. The capital investment in the facility must be huge. I would look at the current partners to pass it to another owner to look to a multi-engine business model...paying the workers less to do the same job.
All the while those workers face ever increasing costs of living. The rubber band is stretched as far as it can go. It's not going to work very much longer folks.
Doesn't RR still have an engine plant in Indiana?
Why doesn't the title read "Rolls Royce to shut Down Engine Plant..." since RR is the one that made the request?
"American said Tuesday that it accepted a 'Rolls Royce request' to dissolve the joint venture and close the Texas Aero Engine Services plant in Fort Worth.
"American said Tuesday that it accepted a 'Rolls Royce request' to dissolve the joint venture and close the Texas Aero Engine Services plant in Fort Worth.
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