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Most Safety Complaints From Plane-Industry Whistleblowers 'Go Nowhere', Risk Retaliation
America's aerospace industry is overseen by the Federal Aviation Administration (or FAA) — which also handles safety warnings from the industry's whistleblowers. But the Seattle Times says an analysis of reports to Congress found "an overwhelmed system delivering underwhelming results for whi...
But the Seattle Times says an analysis of reports to Congress found " an overwhelmed system delivering underwhelming results for whistleblowers... More than 90% of safety complaints from 2020 through 2023 ended with no violation found by the FAA, while whistleblowers reported them at great personal and professional risk." While both were designed to guard against retaliation, critics say they have instead become enablers of it... A panel of aviation safety experts in February rebuked Boeing's Speak Up program in a report to Congress. [Boeing quality inspector Sam Mohawk, who alleged the 737 MAX line in Renton was losing track of subpar aircraft parts], continues to pursue his FAA claim, originally submitted through Boeing's Speak Up program.
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