Thursday, September 11th, 2003
Aviation Manufacturing in Wichita: Minus 14,000 Jobs
The TopekaCapitalJournal reports 14,000 jobs at average wage of $50,000 have been lost. The Wichita economy, one of the most manufacturing-oriented in the country, is a wreck because the aviation industry is in the lowest cycle in history.
This huge overhang of aerospace capacity does not bode well for startups and […]