EVENDALE, Ohio (WKRC) - GE Aviation is outlining 208 layoffs of Evendale employees that will go into effect on July 24, as well some layoffs going back to April. It reveals the timing and scope of layoffs to date at the headquarters of its aircraft engine business in Evendale.A recent report by S&P Global Ratings said airline traffic will decline more than 50% in 2020 because of fears over coronavirus and the slump could last until 2023.GE Aviation said in its WARN Act notice that additional cuts could be coming.Dozens of engineering jobs were among the roles eliminated, along with purchasing specialists, project managers and financial executives.EVENDALE, Ohio — GE Aviation will eliminate at least 605 Cincinnati-area jobs by the end of July as it implements a previously announced plan to trim 25% of its work force due to cutbacks in the airline industry.The company initially announced a temporary 10% work force reduction in March but expanded that decision to 13,000 permanent U.S. job reductions on May 4. Test flights are now taking place.The demand for jet engines has plummeted due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions that have decimated the industry.GE Aviation plans to lay off 194 people at its Newark plant.The plant produces ceramic components for jet engines. But here are the facts.Another round of layoffs for aviation will happen. GE Aviation had been a bulwark for the Boston-based company as it dealt with depleted cash and a slump in the power-equipment business. The grounding took place after two fatal crashes linked to electronic systems. Laughable amount.Nola is gone as of June 30th. This company was a damn joke.I'm thinking we're going to see an early 90s level of layoffs here, something tells me this is going to be more than 10% of the workforce.Has anywhere actually started the 10% reductions yet? We remain focused on protecting the safety of our employees, continuing to serve our customers, and preserving our capability to respond as the industry recovers.”GE Aviation has traditionally been a huge employer in Ohio and the Dayton area.Considered at one time Ohio’s largest manufacturing employer, GE Aviation makes commercial and military jet engines and parts, and before the COVID-19 pandemic, it had more than 9,000 employees in Southwest Ohio, including its plant in Evendale.Earlier this year, in the pandemic’s wake, GE announced that it would reduce its global workforce by 25 percent.The notice only applied to GE Aviation’s main campus in Cincinnati, GE Aviation spokesman Perry Bradley said.There have been layoffs in GE’s Beavercreek Unison location, Bradley also said, but he said GE is not detailing layoffs by location or offering numbers by location at the moment.The GE Aviation EPISCenter on the University of Dayton campus researches electrical power in aviation uses. GE Aviation since March has laid off 558 full-time employees and 47 part-time workers in Cincinnati and related sites, the company said in a WARN notice to Ohio government.Like us on Facebook to see similar storiesIn general, a WARN notice is required when a business with 100 or more full-time workers is laying off at least 50 people at a single site of employment.There have been Dayton-area layoffs, as well, a spokesman for GE Aviation confirmed with the Dayton Daily News Wednesday, but he said the Dayton layoff numbers have not risen to the level that would require a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice Act) letter to the state of Ohio.“These actions are consistent with previously-announced plans to reduce our workforce due to the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on the commercial aviation industry,” GE said in a statement.
Permanent Cuts. The layoff is believed to affect most of the workforce of the plant The demand for jet engines has plummeted due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions that have decimated the industry. GE Aviation announces new layoffs. General Electric is cutting as many as 13,000 jobs in its jet engine business after the coronavirus pandemic brought devastation to the aerospace industry. Last we heard we return May 4.Got Laid off.in terre haute a few months ago. GE Aviation said in its WARN Act notice that additional cuts could be coming. About 30-50 gone just today. Engine maker’s move illustrates further erosion of industry and a changed future.