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Eclipse Aviation failed to meet its payroll during the last two weeks, and some angry employees have emptied their desks and left the very light jet pioneer, a local TV station reported Nov. 13. Eclipse spokeswoman Alana McCarraher didn't immediately return inquiries. Eclipse has publicly stated that it needs up to $300 million in new capital to continue production, and company officials said they hoped to have the cash infusion before the end of the year. Other widely published forecasts predicted Eclipse would be forced to seek bankruptcy court protection in next year's first quarter. Albuquerque TV station KOB is reporting that Eclipse employees were called to a meeting today in which managers told them they would not be paid for the last two weeks, and workers "expressed anger, frustration and uncertainty before speeding out of the facility's parking lot." Eclipse has produced more than 200 twin-engine Eclipse 500 jets and had announced plans to certify and deliver V-tailed, single-engine Eclipse 400s. But the company's original business plan depended on being able to produce large numbers of aircraft at drastically lower unit costs. Eclipse never came close to meeting its ambitious production goals, however, and the air taxi firms that were expected to become Eclipse's main customers never fully materialized. Eclipse ousted founder and CEO Vern Raburn in August. |
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