Buoyed by Banner Year, French Industry still Struggling with Recruitment
Finding enough production workers to accommodate the ramp-up is critical but tricky, Gifas says
Ramping up requires more production workers, which French manufacturers (shown: Snecma’s CFM56 factory) are having a hard time finding in sufficient numbers. (Photo: Daniel Linares /Sagem/Safran).
Ramping up requires more production workers, which French manufacturers (shown: Snecma’s CFM56 factory) are having a hard time finding in sufficient numbers. (Photo: Daniel Linares /Sagem/Safran).

The French aerospace industry is expecting 2015 to be another very good year, but it is still struggling with finding young production workers. That was the message from officials of Gifas, the industry’s lobbying group, during the association’s annual press conference in Paris in April.