Boeing said to lay off 2,500 workers | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Boeing said Monday it plans to cut about 5% of employees involved in designing and building its commercial airplanes—roughly 2,500 jobs—because it can’t ramp production as quickly as expected. Over the past two years, Boeing increased 737 MAX build rates, but the company has acknowledged it is taking longer to consistently produce 47 airplanes per month, including challenges producing 737 wings on schedule. Stephanie Pope, CEO of Boeing’s commercial airplanes unit, told employees in a note that production adjustments leave the company “overstaffed,” so staffing will be aligned through layoffs and by not filling open positions. Affected workers will be notified starting next month.