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One Boeing whistle-blower killed himself but it hasn’t stopped more speaking out
After John Barnett's suicide, workers in Boeing airliner factories have revealed further dangerous safety concerns, despite risking 'retaliation' themselves
He told TheNew York Times that Boeing made a “fatal mistake” in thinking they would be able to deal with MCAS problems, adding that pilots in Indonesia and Ethiopia didn’t have “ anywhere near the experience ” of American counterparts. He interviews other Boeing whistle-blowers on a podcast, Warning Bells, and last summer he launched the Foundation for Aviation Safety, which monitors 737 Max incident reports and lobbies for deeper investigations and reform. She lost a legal case over alleged age and sex discrimination, but later told The New York Times that she suffered “ intimidation ” from bosses after alerting them to metal shavings around wires and defective parts installed on aircraft at the Charleston factory.
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