Boeing's C-17 manufacturing facility in Long Beach, Calif is closing its doors three months than previously thought out following a company announcement Monday.
"(There are currently) no plans for production at the C-17 facility," Cindy Anderson a Boeing spokesperson told CBS television in Los Angeles KNX.
The people affected by the layoffs could end up in other departments within in the company, however several employees will need to search for new opportunities in the real world.
Boeing will need to fund the cost for leftover inventory at the building as part of its decision based on the state of the aerospace market today, and when anticipated orders are scheduled for KNX reported.
According to The Seattle Times, the number is expected to be 50 million during the first quarter,
Boeing introduced their plans to shut down the plant in September within weeks of shipping the lastC-17 to the Air Force The Times reported.
The Long Beach facility was the home where Boeing's C-17 was built, which had four-engines that were strong enough to transport tanks weighing 60 tons, along with troops, equipment for medical gear over the many regions of the world, and runways meant for smaller aircrafts.
The decision marks the end of a time when the plant served as a workplace for people in Southern California The Times reported.
Although 43 Boeing 787 dreamliner aircrafts were found to have hairline cracks, Boeing has been busy with production including the plane, which is expected to be delivered in order to come through on its promise of having the aircraft available for all of its "long-haul" flights by this year's second fiscal quarter.
Boeing has now tripled its production within the last year at its manufacturing facilities in Everett, Wash., and North Charleston, S.C. a press release reported. This involved making five airplanes a months in Nov. 2012, and seven a month in May.
