I don’t know if this will qualify as “the other shoe dropping” in Boeing’s ongoing problems, but the news certainly doesn’t sound great. The Federal Aviation Administration announced yesterday that they were opening an investigation into the company after Boeing reported that workers at its South Carolina production plant had falsified inspection records on some […]
Things continue to go from bad to worse for Boeing. Even as the unexpected deaths of two whistleblowers who went public with concerns about the company’s practices have made headlines across the country, 10 more whistleblowers are waiting in the wings, according to a New York Post report. Joshua Dean, a whistleblower for a Boeing […]
In the latest of a series of unsettling events, two whistleblowers tied to the aerospace industry have tragically died under mysterious conditions. Joshua Dean, 45, a former quality auditor at Spirit AeroSystems, passed away early Tuesday due to complications from a rapidly progressing infection, the specifics of which remain unclear. His death follows closely on […]
Boeing is preparing to launch its first crew capsule for NASA tomorrow after significant delays, so that’s one bit of potential good news they have going for them. But that’s nearly the only good news that the company has seen in a while. Mechanical failures during flights have continued to generate periodic headlines and ongoing […]
Boeing has locked out its private force of firefighters who protect its aircraft-manufacturing plants in the Seattle area and brought in replacements after the latest round of negotiations with the firefighters’ union failed to deliver an agreement on wages. The company said Saturday that it locked out about 125 firefighters and a facility about 170 […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After years of delays and stumbles, Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. It’s the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew on board, a pair of NASA pilots who will check out the spacecraft during the test drive and a weeklong […]
Given the hyper-sterile nature of corporate public relations in 2024 (nobody wants to be cancelled), color this writer genuinely surprised that this social media administrator hit “send” on this joke. First, some background on two seemingly disparate topics. The more simple topic: “Hitman” is a video game franchise developed by IO Interactive that began in […]
For the second time in two months, a Boeing whistleblower has suddenly died. Joshua Dean, a 45-year-old quality inspector for the Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems, died suddenly this week from a surprise staph infection, according to his family. According to the Seattle Times, citing Mr. Dean’s aunt Carol Parsons, the cause was Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, […]
A whistleblower for a Boeing supplier died Tuesday at the age of 45 after being diagnosed with pneumonia and then MRSA, according to The Seattle Times. Joshua Dean, who had been a quality auditor at Spirit AeroSystem, had claimed manufacturing defects on Boeing’s 737 MAX were being ignored, the outlet reported. The Wichita, Kansas, man […]
Boeing said Wednesday that it lost $355 million on falling revenue in the first quarter, another sign of the crisis gripping the aircraft manufacturer as it faces increasing scrutiny over the safety of its planes and accusations of shoddy work from a growing number of whistleblowers. CEO David Calhoun said the company is in “a […]
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