BOEING SOFTENS LAYOFF FORECAST 100 WORKERS SPARED IN FIRM'S PROJECTIONS.Byline: Jim Skeen Do you mean:
PALMDALE - Boeing says it won't have to lay off as many space shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. workers as feared when Columbia departs next month. The company reduced its layoff Layoff 1. When a company eliminates jobs regardless of how good the employees' performance. 2. A risk reduction, made by investment bankers, that minimizes the potential downside associated with a commitment to purchase and sell a stock issue unsubscribed by stockholders holding projections from 400 to 300, because it found positions on other projects for some workers and will put others to work planning for the arrival of the next space shuttle orbiter. ``What we have done is locate positions for some of the employees,'' said Boeing Space Systems Division spokesman Larry Salazar. ``We anticipate mitigating mit·i·gate v. mit·i·gat·ed, mit·i·gat·ing, mit·i·gates v.tr. To moderate (a quality or condition) in force or intensity; alleviate. See Synonyms at relieve. v.intr. To become milder. the layoffs, in some fashion, by conducting preplanning for the next orbiter.'' Boeing plans to lay off workers following the completion of modification work on Columbia, which is scheduled to begin its return to Florida on Feb. 24. Boeing notified workers in the fall that the layoffs were coming. Columbia has been in Palmdale since September 1999 for 80 major modifications and a series of inspections, including detailed examinations of the orbiter's wiring. ``Everything is great with Columbia,'' said NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. spokesman James Hartsfield. ``It's in the home stretch of its work. It's mostly power-on testing.'' The next shuttle shuttle: see loom. shuttle In the weaving of cloth, a spindle-shaped device used to carry the crosswise threads (weft) through the lengthwise threads (warp). Not all modern looms use a shuttle; shuttleless looms draw the weft from a nonmoving supply. to come to Palmdale, Discovery, was originally expected to arrive in late August. That is likely to slip a few weeks because of adjustments to the flight schedule for the orbiter fleet, Hartsfield said. Discovery is scheduled to make two flights to the International Space Station before coming to Palmdale. The first mission, originally scheduled for March 1, is now listed for March 8 because of delays to a mission to be flown by the orbiter Atlantis. Another mission for Discovery will occur next summer. |
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