An employee leaves the Airbus facility in Laupheim, southern Germany, February 28, 2007. Airbus workers downed tools and staged protests as a company shake-up due later on Wednesday was expected to confirm plans for factory sales and thousands of job cuts. Some 10,000 jobs across four European countries are set to go including many contractors, industry sources said, as Airbus looks to regain ground it is losing to surging U.S. archrival Boeing Co. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY)