{"id":237238,"date":"2026-01-17T01:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T01:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/237238\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T01:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T01:06:12","slug":"jeppesen-foreflight-ceo-cites-automation-and-ai-in-justification-for-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/237238\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeppesen ForeFlight CEO cites automation and AI in justification for layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theaircurrent.com\/?memberful_endpoint=auth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log-in here<\/a> if you\u2019re already a subscriber<\/p>\n<p>Digital aviation services company Jeppesen ForeFlight pointed to the use of artificial intelligence and automation in its explanation for laying off a sizable portion of its workforce on Jan. 14, according to a company-wide email sent by CEO Brad Surak which was reviewed by The Air Current.<\/p>\n<p>The layoffs come just months after the two software services \u2014 which together develop navigation charts and electronic flight bag (EFB) applications for the aviation industry \u2014 were divested by Boeing and purchased by private investment firm Thoma Bravo. A spokesperson for Jeppesen ForeFlight declined to share the number of impacted employees, though Surak\u2019s email said that local employment laws could mean some who are being cut \u201cmay not find out for sometime [sic].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Surak, who told TAC in an October interview that he believed the company was \u201ctaking a very thoughtful approach\u201d to the implementation of AI, wrote to employees Wednesday that \u201cautomation and Al are changing how aviation software is built and scaled, and we must continue to modernize how we work so we can deliver at the level our customers expect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        Subscribe to Continue Reading<\/p>\n<p>Our award-winning aerospace reporting combines the highest standards of journalism with the level of technical detail and rigor expected by a sophisticated industry audience.<\/p>\n<p>Exclusive reporting and analysis on the strategy and technology of flying<br \/>\nFull access to our archive of industry intelligence<br \/>\nWe respect your time; everything we publish earns your attention<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.theaircurrent.com\" class=\"post-subscribe-block-cta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Log-in here if you\u2019re already a subscriber Digital aviation services company Jeppesen ForeFlight pointed to the use of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[365,363,364,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-237238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}