Boeing sent out layoff warning notices today to 99 more workers as the company continues to scale back extra staff once needed to bring its 787 Dreamliner production up to speed.
Most of those receiving the layoff notices are production engineers who work at Boeing’s Everett wide-body assembly plant.
The company has said it may reduce its engineering and technical staff by some 1,700 workers this year.
Dreamliner production is now at 8.3 planes monthly and headed toward 10 per month before next year. The original versions of the plane had to be retrofitted and modified at Everett and at …