Initial Reaction Is Swift And Negative ANN is carefully monitoring reports, scattered throughout a number of social media outlets, of extensive layoffs at ForeFlight, most recently brought under the umbrella of Thoma Bravo after its previous acquisition by Boeing. Posting to a number of outlets, a self-identified ForeFlight employee, reported that, “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. This happened due to ForeFlight’s sale to private equity (Thoma Bravo) last year, who plans to move all engineering offshore. ForeFlight was an incredible company to work for with amazing benefits and so much emphasis on pilot safety and support as well as product quality. This is a huge shame and disappointment and many incredible engineers lost their jobs.”
