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2010 is crucial for Spirit

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This year is pivotal for Spirit AeroSystems ... The company has six new development programs in the works. All of them — Boeing's 787, 747-8 and P-8A, Gulfstream's G250 and G650, and the BR725 thrust reverser — are in the flight test stage ... They will be moving into the initial stages of production, said Spirit CEO Jeff Turner ... "They all need care and feeding at the same time," Turner said. "It's like having sextuplets instead of having one (child) every couple of years." ...

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Spirit AeroSystems revenues up, income down in Q1

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Published April 29, 2010 at 7:45 a.m.

Spirit AeroSystems Inc. on Thursday reported revenues rose 18 percent year-over-year, up to $1.04 billion in the first quarter of 2010. (SPR) (BA) ...

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Spirit AeroSystems outsourcing more IT jobs

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Published Feb. 12, 2010 at 3:06 p.m.

Spirit AeroSystems Inc. notified an additional 135 employees and 13 contractors Friday that their jobs in the company’s IT department will be outsourced. (SPR) ...

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Spirit AeroSystems names new CFO

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Published Feb. 12, 2010 at 11:31 a.m.

Spirit AeroSystems Inc. announced Friday that its interim CFO has been officially appointed to that position. (SPR) (BA) ...

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Spirit seeks 300 voluntary retirements

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 2:03 p.m.

Spirit AeroSystems on Thursday announced a voluntary retirement program for Wichita employees age 55 or older ... To be eligible, employees must be managers, salaried or represented by the company's professional and technical union ... The offer is limited to the first 300 who apply, the company said ...

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Spirit misses 2009 target

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 2:03 p.m.

Shares of Spirit AeroSystems stock plummeted Thursday after the company reported a disappointing financial performance ... Spirit's results fell short of Wall Street expectations on a day that the stock market was down in general ... Shares closed at $18.42, down $3.97, or 17.7 percent ...

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Spirit offering $30K retirement program

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 10:37 a.m.

Up to 300 employees at Spirit AeroSystems Inc. will be able to receive a $30,000 incentive as part of a voluntary retirement program the company announced Thursday. (SPR) ...

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Spirit CEO confident in aviation

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Published Dec. 14, 2009 at 3:32 p.m.

Spirit AeroSystems Inc. CEO and president, Jeff Turner, is certain of one thing — Wichita’s aviation industry will recover ...

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SPEEA protesting outsourcing of IT jobs at Spirit

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Published Nov. 11, 2009 at 11:53 a.m.

Spirit AeroSystems' professional and technical union is asking members to contact the Kansas Congressional delegation to protest the company's outsourcing of jobs ... Spirit AeroSystems has outsourced some information technology jobs, most of them on its help desk, to IBM. The change eliminated jobs for 37 Spirit employees and 15 contractors. It was effective Oct. 30 ... Another wave of cuts is coming sometime next year, Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace officials say

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