Sikorsky has big plans for Schweizer subsidiary
Paul Schweizer seems to have taken well to his unfamiliar role as an employee.

Paul Schweizer seems to have taken well to his unfamiliar role as an employee. Some five months after Sikorsky bought his company, Schweizer joked about having to answer to a boss for the first time in 22 years, but he seemed liberated by the prospect of tackling a backlog that had grown too big for his little company to handle.

Now carrying a backlog of 73 helicopters, Schweizer can usually promise delivery only within a year–not good enough, according to the man who carries the company namesake. “Most people can wait about two or three months,” said Schweizer. “We’re just not supporting customers as well as we should. That’s going to change.”