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Boeing whistleblower found dead in US
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This article makes clear how Mr. Barnett called on Boeing on numerous dangerous practices, which Boeing fully denied. But it seems the FAA was able to confirm at least some of Mr. Barnett's testimony.
Here follow some notable parts:
I wonder what the results were for the remedial actions imposed on Boeing in 2017. Were they able to account for the lost parts, particularly in light of Mr. Barnett's claims of garbage parts being used from the garbage bins?
Sounds like a particular corporation is being scummy.
Gosh, this is convenient for Boeing and Spirit. Very, very convenient.
And it's clear the FAA is pissed:
Returning to the top of the article, we see the use of quotes around "self-inflicted":
Yeah, the quotes look very appropriate to me.
Rest in Power, Mr. Barnett. I'm truly sorry for you and your family.
I work in an machine shop that manufacturers aerospace parts, fortunately, nothing for Boeing, at least life critical. The remedial action was probably a corrective action, which means a response to how the problem occurred and how it has been remediated to not happen again. At my level, which is a couple of tiers down from Boeing in the manufacturing process, that's what would be required of us in that situation. The new public pressure may raise the consequences though of the bag holders though.
Yeah, most of those parts probably ended up in the trash, but I'm sure some got used. For them to realize they were missing they had to already be in the quality system but not marked as scrapped/destroyed. I know our scrap bins are locked here.
At the job shop I worked at we were pretty severe about properly documenting scrap and performing MRB actions. At a tier 1, though, not everyone is as important to the quality system or knows much about how it works. Jobs are so specific sometimes and they keep them busy. It only takes one dishonest or highly regarded individual to do something stupid.
I'm lucky I had my job shop experience because I had to learn directly from specs instead of having some distilled down or ojt training.
"Self-inflicted" as in, if he hadn't talked to the regulators, the wound wouldn't have occured.