WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - Approximately 300 Spirit workers found out they were being laid off Thursday.

These layoffs weren’t a complete surprise- Spirit announced last month it’d be letting more than 400 people go. Many people KAKE spoke to Friday said they were expecting this. It wasn’t a matter of if, just when.

Spirit Aerosystems is one of Wichita's largest employers- but 310 of Spirit’s former hourly employees are now without a job.

“It's disappointing. I’ve been here for about two years and when I started things were going really well. And they talked about how we were really ramping up production so this is really disappointing to hear all the stuff going on with Boeing,” said Wesley Unruh, Spirit employee.

Unruh was on his way to work when KAKE spoke with him. He says he loves working at Spirit but now he has concerns about losing his job.

“You know I got three kids at home and I was close on this layoff so if they do it again I’m pretty worried that I’ll have to be moving on. And I don’t want to... it’s a good place to work so I’d like to stay,” said Unruh.

The local machinists union says it’s here to support those who have lost their jobs. It also calls on Spirit to honor the contract they have to refrain from hiring contractors to fill any position until all laid-off workers have been reinstated.

“We don’t anticipate any additional rounds of layoffs at the moment,” said Joe Buccino, Spirit.

Buccino, a Spirit representative sent KAKE this statement:

“To adapt to evolving customer demands and balance our financial situation, Spirit made the difficult decision to reduce its hourly production workforce in Wichita, Kansas by approximately 300. These changes were driven by the need to slow down our operations of Commercial programs due to high inventory levels. Employees will remain on the payroll and will be paid through their respective layoff effective date.”

“I know it’s a little bit out of their hands and it’s part of kind of nature of the industry. So I just hope they’re focused on making things better. And I think we’re doing a good job quality-wise, in my opinion. I’ve never felt like I can’t speak up and talk about things when they went wrong,” said Unruh.

All those affected by the recent layoffs will be paid through July 4 and receive their final paychecks on July 11.