NEW YORK: Boeing Co said on Friday that it is considering layoffs of airplane engineers, a plan that it said may cause it to reorganise or consolidate its engineering teams, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. Boeing said in a memo to employees that the company is deciding whether to make voluntary layoffs available to those workers, according to the document. The company also said it does not intend to replace higher-level employees who leave, except in rare situations. The internal announcement comes two weeks after Ray Conner, chief executive of Boeing’s airplane business, warned employees that job cuts were necessary to ‘win in the market, fund our growth and operate as a healthy business’. Conner said job reductions would begin with executive staff and managers.