On Saturday, March 9, 2024, former #Boeing #quality #manager and #whistleblower #John #Barnett, 62, was found #dead in his pick up truck in Charleston, S.C.
His death is under investigation.
Seven years prior, Barnett had filed an AIR21 whistleblower complaint with the FAA and OSHA. Eventually, eight other S.C. Boeing employees became whistleblowers.
According to The Daily Mail, Barnett “was supposed to do day three of his deposition here in Charleston on his AIR21 case [on Saturday].”
Barnett had worked for Boeing for 32 years when he retired in 2017. In 2019, Barnett went public with his concerns. In April 2019, the New York Times reported:
A New York Times review of hundreds of pages of internal emails, corporate documents and federal records, as well as interviews with more than a dozen current and former employees, reveals a culture that often valued production speed over quality. Facing long manufacturing delays, Boeing pushed its work force to quickly turn out Dreamliners, at times ignoring issues raised by employees…
Safety lapses at the North Charleston plant have drawn the scrutiny of airlines and regulators.
Qatar Airways stopped accepting planes from the factory after manufacturing mishaps damaged jets and delayed deliveries.
Workers have filed nearly a dozen whistle-blower claims and safety complaints with federal regulators, describing issues like defective manufacturing, debris left on planes and pressure to not report violations.
Others have sued Boeing, saying they were retaliated against for flagging manufacturing mistakes.
Both Joseph Clayton, a technician at the Charleston plant, and Barnett have told news organizations that they would not fly on a 787 Dreamliner.
"As a quality manager at Boeing, you’re the last line of defense before a defect makes it out to the flying public, and I haven’t seen a plane out of Charleston yet that I’d put my name on saying it’s safe and airworthy."
Barnett became involved in a protracted legal battle with Boeing, which is why he was in Charleston, according to the BBC.
Barnett failed to appear for a legal conference on Saturday morning, which led to the discovery of his death in his truck in the hotel parking lot.
https://themoderatevoice.com/former-boeing-quality-control-manager-whistleblower-found-dead-in-south-carolina/
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