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Cessna Increases Job Cuts To 4,000 In Wichita, 4,600 Overall (Obama's Fault)
The Kansas City Star ^ | January 29, 2009 | Molly McMillin

Posted on 01/29/2009 1:30:00 PM PST by an amused spectator

Cessna Aircraft has significantly increased the number of jobs it will cut. It now expects to reduce its work force by 30 percent _ a total of 4,600 people systemwide. That's up from the previously announced 2,660 job cuts as customers cancel and defer orders.

(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cessna; layoffs; obamasfault
Paging Hussein Obama. Dear Leader, where are you?
1 posted on 01/29/2009 1:30:00 PM PST by an amused spectator
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To: an amused spectator

Cessna jobs crash and burn. Obama’s fault!


2 posted on 01/29/2009 1:32:19 PM PST by Enterprise (A Representative Republic - gone now. Foolish people.)
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To: an amused spectator

Meanwhile DJI is down -226.

Day 9 and Obama continues to fail.


3 posted on 01/29/2009 1:34:09 PM PST by Gator113 ("Noli nothis permittere te terere.")
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To: an amused spectator
Paging Hussein Obama. Dear Leader, where are you?

He's still trying to figure out what the impact of being a POTUS is personally.

As for Cessna, perhaps their business profile needs a bit of Gulfstream influence.

Defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter earnings rose on higher profits in its business jet and shipbuilding units,...

4 posted on 01/29/2009 1:42:28 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, Question everyone else)
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To: EGPWS
Change we can believe in.
5 posted on 01/29/2009 1:44:14 PM PST by Zeddicus
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To: an amused spectator
Hard to buy Biz Jets when the Obamaster decries them as well as Brad Sherman and Gary Ackerman.

But maybe it is me... All the Dem's had theirs at Dulles for the Corination and maybe conservatives are pulling an Ayn Rand and not buying them anymore....

6 posted on 01/29/2009 1:45:37 PM PST by taildragger (Palin / Mulally 2012)
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To: Enterprise
Cessna jobs crash and burn. Obama’s fault!

Do not forget who started this crash, Dodd and Frankee. We should not let up and make sure every chance we get to make it public.

7 posted on 01/29/2009 1:46:43 PM PST by Logical me (Oh, well!!!)
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To: an amused spectator

Oh no we have friends that work there. They moved there after he lost his job in the first round of base closing in the 90’s.


8 posted on 01/29/2009 2:08:10 PM PST by chris_bdba
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Are they union and did socialist rats carry Kansas ?

Yeah you can see where I’m headed with this !

Stay safe !


9 posted on 01/29/2009 2:09:39 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: chris_bdba

Bad news! May the Lord (the REAL one, and not the phony in the OutHouse) look after them, and take care of them until they can get back on their feet.


10 posted on 01/29/2009 2:12:28 PM PST by an amused spectator (Citizen Kenyan: Commander in The Effort Against Culturally-Influenced Misbehavior.)
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Cessna Increases Job Cuts To 4,000 In Wichita, 4,600 Overall

"Help is on the way!" --- Barack Hussein Obama, November 2008

11 posted on 01/29/2009 2:14:02 PM PST by jla (Sarah! sarahpac.com)
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To: Squantos
Not sure if Cessna is union.

I checked Kansas, not knowing the results, and it went Red for Palin, 57%.

12 posted on 01/29/2009 2:15:38 PM PST by an amused spectator (Citizen Kenyan: Commander in The Effort Against Culturally-Influenced Misbehavior.)
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anyone notice it seems to be union jobs taking the hit?


13 posted on 01/29/2009 2:16:14 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: an amused spectator

Good ........ thanks for the information.

Stay safe !


14 posted on 01/29/2009 2:18:40 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: Gator113

Hussein Obama is a miserable failure, I guess.


15 posted on 01/29/2009 3:10:42 PM PST by an amused spectator (Citizen Kenyan: Commander in The Effort Against Culturally-Influenced Misbehavior.)
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