Posted on 08/18/2008 9:57:24 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Employment at Air Force Plant 42 and its adjacent defense contractor facilities appears to have decreased slightly in the first six months of 2008, but two of the major contractors are hiring. For the first time in several years, the figures released by Plant 42 officials included the employment numbers for the Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Control Center.
The center employs approximately 500 people, including controllers, technicians and the like, said FAA spokesman Ian Gregor.
Including the FAA center, employment over the first six months of the year was 6,858 people, compared to 6,412 people during the last six months of 2007.
When the FAA numbers are subtracted, that amounts to an employment level of 6,358, a drop of 54 people.
The Air Force facility accounts for $580.1 million in payroll and $51.7 million in locally awarded contracts.
The eight separate production sites that make up the government-owned, contractor-operated facility are home to the major players of the aerospace industry: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, The Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp.
None of the individual contractors reported significant fluctuations in their employment levels for the first six months of 2008.
Both Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin are actively hiring.
Northrop Grumman is seeking to add more than 100 new employees in production, subcontract administration and engineering, "across the board," said spokesman Jim Hart.
By the end of the year, the company expects to add about 200 employees, primarily in Palmdale.
No single program is driving the hiring.
"It's just a reflection of overall business," Hart said.
(Excerpt) Read more at avpress.com ...
What do they make there?
BOMBERS MAYBE?
Good luck getting folks to relocate to Kaliph.
If you like sunshine and wind — we got both!
Yes but you also have high taxes, no RKBA, and excrement
re-presenting you in the Senate.
BOMBERS MAYBE?
Next generation GPS - satellites and ground control
When it arrived the box was sealed with gaily-colored tape with smiley faces on it.
Whoops. I'll chut up now.
For some reason, I received a mailer about this hiring fair...maybe they sent it to every English speaking degree holder in LA?
It’s a great story!
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