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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
Way back when, when there were still separate Aerospace companies, it was a common practice to "do the aerospace tour". It was almost inevitable that when one was laying off, others were hiring. I knew a lot of guys who did that, running down to California to land jobs at MD and others. It not only served to soften the blow, it also afforded those guys the opportunity to gain some valuable experience. The big industry consolidation we see today dramatically lessened anyone's ability to do that.
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This was common in Huntsville since ALL of the aerospace companies were right there in one city. And...they were all essentially government contractors so they were at the mercy of government funding. Layoffs were common, so it was equally common for people to move from company to company.
I walked in to work one day around 1990 or 1991 and half of McDonnell Douglas - Huntsville was laid off in one day. 450 people out the door when AFE was cancelled.