Editing Cessna (section)

===2008–2010 economic crisis===
The company's business suffered notably during the [[late-2000s recession]], laying off more than half its workforce between January 2009 and September 2010.

[[File:cessna 525 citationjet g-sfcj arp.jpg|thumb|[[Cessna CitationJet|Cessna 525 CitationJet]]]]
On November 4, 2008, Cessna's parent company, [[Textron]], indicated that [[Cessna Citation|Citation]] production would be reduced from the original 2009 target of 535 "due to continued softening in the global economic environment" and that this would result in an undetermined number of lay-offs at Cessna.<ref name="slow">{{cite news|last1=Grady|first1=Mary|title=Cessna Slows Citation Production, Citing Global Economy|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/CessnaSlowsCitationProduction_CitingGlobalEconomy_199121-1.html|access-date=November 6, 2008|publisher=AVweb|date=November 4, 2008|archive-date=August 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812013828/http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/CessnaSlowsCitationProduction_CitingGlobalEconomy_199121-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On November 8, 2008, at the [[Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association]] (AOPA) Expo, CEO [[Jack J. Pelton|Jack Pelton]] indicated that sales of Cessna aircraft to individual buyers had fallen, but piston and turboprop sales to businesses had not. "While the economic slowdown has created a difficult business environment, we are encouraged by brisk activity from new and existing propeller fleet operators placing almost 200 orders for 2009 production aircraft," Pelton stated.<ref name="mkt">{{cite news|last1=Niles|first1=Russ|title=It's A Buyer's Market|url=http://www.avweb.com/news/aopa/AOPAExpo2008_CessnaAircraft_BuyersMarket_199162-1.html|access-date=November 8, 2008|publisher=AVweb|date=November 8, 2008|archive-date=June 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612015838/http://www.avweb.com/news/aopa/AOPAExpo2008_CessnaAircraft_BuyersMarket_199162-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="KWCH04Nov08">{{cite web|url = http://www.kwch.com/Global/story.asp?S=9292651&nav=menu486_2_3|title = Cessna Announces Possible Layoffs|access-date = November 4, 2008|last = Durden|first = Chris|date=November 2008}}{{Dead link|date=June 2016}}</ref>

Beginning in January 2009, a total of 665 jobs were cut at Cessna's Wichita and [[Bend, Oregon]], plants. The Cessna factory at [[Independence, Kansas]], which builds the Cessna piston-engined aircraft and the [[Cessna Mustang]], did not see any layoffs, but one third of the workforce at the former [[Columbia Aircraft]] facility in Bend was laid off. This included 165 of the 460 employees who built the [[Cessna 350]] and [[Cessna 400|400]]. The remaining 500 jobs were eliminated at the main Cessna Wichita plant.<ref name="eclipse">{{cite news|last1=Niles|first1=Russ|title=Eclipse Misses Payroll: TV Report|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/EclipseAviation_Misses_Payroll_TVreport_199202-1.html|access-date=November 13, 2008|publisher=AVweb|date=November 13, 2008|archive-date=January 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107095733/http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/EclipseAviation_Misses_Payroll_TVreport_199202-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In January 2009, the company laid off an additional 2,000 employees, bringing the total to 4,600. The job cuts included 120 at the Bend, Oregon, facility reducing the plant that built the Cessna 350 and 400 to fewer than half the number of workers that it had when Cessna bought it. Other cuts included 200 at the Independence, Kansas, plant that builds the single-engined Cessnas and the Mustang, reducing that facility to 1,300 workers.<ref name="layoffs">{{cite news|last1=Pew|first1=Glenn|title=Cessna Layoffs Continue|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/cessna_layoff_wichita_textron_pelton_199682-1.html|access-date=February 2, 2009|publisher=AVweb|date=January 31, 2009|archive-date=February 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208214850/http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/cessna_layoff_wichita_textron_pelton_199682-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On April 29, 2009, the company suspended the [[Cessna Citation Columbus|Citation Columbus]] program and closed the Bend, Oregon, facility. The Columbus program was finally cancelled in early July 2009. The company reported, "Upon additional analysis of the business jet market related to this product offering, we decided to formally cancel further development of the Citation Columbus". With the 350 and 400 production moving to Kansas, the company indicated that it would lay off 1,600 more workers, including the remaining 150 employees at the Bend plant and up to 700 workers from the Columbus program.<ref name="bend">{{cite news|last1=Grady|first1=Mary|title=Cessna Will Suspend Columbus Program, Close Bend Factory|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/CessnaWillSuspendColumbusProgramAndCloseBendFactory_200284-1.html|access-date=April 30, 2009|publisher=AVweb|date=April 29, 2009|archive-date=July 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724145804/http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/CessnaWillSuspendColumbusProgramAndCloseBendFactory_200284-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="goodbye">{{cite news|last1=Grady|first1=Mary|title=Goodbye, Columbus–Cessna Cancels Extra-Large Jet Program|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/CessnaCancelsExtraLargeColumbusJetProgram_200720-1.html|access-date=July 16, 2009|publisher=AVweb|date=July 14, 2009|archive-date=July 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719104445/http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/CessnaCancelsExtraLargeColumbusJetProgram_200720-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In early June 2009, Cessna laid off an additional 700 salaried employees, bringing the total number of lay-offs to 7,600, which was more than half the company's workers at the time.<ref name="more layoffs">{{cite news|last1=Pew|first1=Glenn|title=More Layoffs At Cessna|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/cessna_layoff_wichita_columbus_mustang_200511-1.html|access-date=June 8, 2009|publisher=AVweb|date=June 5, 2009|archive-date=June 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612030950/http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/cessna_layoff_wichita_columbus_mustang_200511-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The company closed its three [[Columbus, Georgia]], manufacturing facilities between June 2010 and December 2011. The closures included the new {{convert|100000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} facility that was opened in August 2008 at a cost of US$25M, plus the [[McCauley Propeller Systems]] plant. These closures resulted in total job losses of 600 in Georgia. Some of the work was relocated to Cessna's Independence, Kansas, or Mexican facilities.<ref name="closing">{{cite news|last1=Pew|first1=Glenn|title=Cessna Closing Plants, Cutting Jobs|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/cessna_columbus_mccauley_jobs_cut_wichita_mexico_201673-1.html|access-date=December 14, 2009|publisher=AVweb|date=December 11, 2009|archive-date=June 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612030954/http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/cessna_columbus_mccauley_jobs_cut_wichita_mexico_201673-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Cessna's parent company, Textron, posted a loss of US$8M in the first quarter of 2010, largely driven by continuing low sales at Cessna, which were down 44%. Half of Cessna's workforce remained laid-off and CEO Jack Pelton stated that he expected the recovery to be long and slow.<ref name="sap">{{cite news|last1=Niles|first1=Russ|title=Cessna Declines Sap Textron Revenues|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/CessnaDeclinesSapsTextron_202461-1.html|access-date=April 28, 2010|publisher=AVweb|date=April 27, 2010|archive-date=August 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811235619/http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/CessnaDeclinesSapsTextron_202461-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In September 2010, a further 700 employees were laid off, bringing the total to 8,000 jobs lost. CEO Jack Pelton indicated this round of layoffs was due to a "stalled [and] lackluster economy" and noted that while the number of orders cancelled for jets had been decreasing, new orders had not met expectations. Pelton added, "our strategy is to defend and protect our current markets while investing in products and services to secure our future, but we can do this only if we succeed in restructuring our processes and reducing our costs."<ref name="AvWeb22Sep10">{{cite web|url = http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/CessnaToCut700Jobs_203322-1.html|title = Cessna To Cut 700 Jobs|access-date = September 23, 2010|last = Grady|first = Mary|date = September 2010|archive-date = June 11, 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110611230707/http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/CessnaToCut700Jobs_203322-1.html|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="700Jobs">{{cite news|last1=Grady|first1=Mary|title=Cessna To Cut 700 Jobs|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/CessnaToCut700Jobs_203322-1.html|access-date=September 23, 2010|publisher=AVweb|date=September 22, 2010|archive-date=June 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611230707/http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/CessnaToCut700Jobs_203322-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>