Avionics
Private-equity Buy Leads to Layoffs at Jepp ForeFlight
Boeing sold its digital business to investor Thoma Bravo for $10.55 billion
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© Jeppesen ForeFlight screenshot

A number of employees of Jeppesen ForeFlight were laid off on Wednesday, according to former employees posting on social media sites LinkedIn and Reddit. Jeppesen ForeFlight is the new name for the company after private-equity firm Thoma Bravo acquired Boeing’s Digital Aviation Solutions business last November for $10.55 billion.

One Reddit comment, under the subhead “ForeFlight laid off 40-50% of its employees yesterday," said: “With no warning we were all fired yesterday morning via email. I would expect worsening service over the coming weeks and months, as many engineering teams who supported various features were simply removed with no opportunity for knowledge transfer.”

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