'Not a good thing': Boeing whistleblower reacts to Alaska Airlines mid-flight incident
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- Опубліковано 8 січ 2024
- Boeing whistleblower, Ed Pierson, tells CNN's Phil Mattingly he is not surprised a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines flight mid-air and warns that when an issue happens on one plane, "there's a very good chance of it happening on other planes."
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Boeing regrets the impact on Stockholders. Thankfully no investors were hurt in this incident!
What I would like to see is Boeing top executives and management being made to ditch their private jets and ONLY fly in 737-Max for ALL their business travels. And THEN watch it become the safest aircraft in the skies overnight.
Respect to this man. Not an easy job to publicly take on Boeing, might be easy when something happens, but other 350 days of the year I imagine it feels like you're talking to wall in a corrupt system where no one cares
This is what happens when corporate greed overrides passenger safety.
This man is a hero, Ed. ( Documentary Flight Risk) He is exactly right. There has been a huge move to eliminate Quality Inspectors. Someone I know came home exhausted from arguing with people who wanted him to release parts he shouldn't or to by pass process just so they could move the plane. When you hear Boeing say they are committed to safety it is crazy. Ever since McDonnell Douglas merger the goal has been stock price over quality of product. Why is safety even an "option" ?
This is what happens when companies cut corners to maximize profits
Boeing managers are pressured by executives to look the other way when safety issues are brought to their attention. Unfortunately this is the type of behavior that is rewarded until something like this happens. Then those same managers will loose their jobs and be replaced by someone else who will do the same things. It is a calculated risk that these corporations build into their business models.
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That door could have hit a house, car, person/people and could have been deadly to the passengers if occurred at a greater altitude.
People looked super chill for their plane door is blown off. Props to everyone for staying fking calm.
SPOILER ALERT!: Terrible working conditions, low pay but it was a subcontractor so "not our fault".
What a joke. They’ve had quality control issues for a decade. I was on one of these planes less than a week ago sitting literally in the aisle behind where this disaster occurred. I’m furious.
Unfortunately, this company is putting profits over quality and should be held accountable!! People can die from this!!!
Boeing used to be run by engineers who took pride in their work. That sounds so quaint!
I worked for a company that had Boeing as a customer. My experience with Boeing employees is that they are angry, angry people. They were non-professional, rude, arrogant, and angry people who had no ability to communicate productively. Now these people were not engineers, designers, or had anything to do with the planes themselves, but I have to wonder at the work culture there which produces these attitudes.
I've had the same talks at my factory when something went wrong. They tell us to be very careful, put a dot on the parts to show that they're installed, make sure someone double checks. Now sign the form that you were here for the safety meeting. That will make those bosses not liable. Fast forward some time. Lots of parts are needed. The bosses want you to make crazy parts. You're missing a gauge and you tell your boss, he says just carry on, he signs the paperwork. All that talk about safety is thrown out the window! Nothing changes unless you have the right bosses that will not settle for less than perfect and if the job takes a tiny bit longer, then that's life. Just make a good product! Don't pressure people to rush, now you pay for it dearly!
There were qualty control workers at Boeing some years ago who picked up quality issues with subcontractors and reported them back to Boeing and they were told to ignore them. When they tried to get the issues resolved...they were fired...
When MBA and lawyers are allowed to run an engineering corporation.
It used to be that one would be scared of getting onto an old aircraft, but now we will all be anxious of getting onto a brand new one. The good old days hey ..... jokes aside, totally unacceptable.
This aviation quality assurance issue is so much more common than the average person realizes. I worked for an EXTREMELY popular general aviation manufacturer, and the employees there treat the job like they’re flipping burgers at McDonald’s. The culture there is “do the least amount of work to push the planes out the door as fast as possible”. I’ve witnessed bolts not being torqued to spec, blueprints not being followed, etc etc. I raised my concerns with management and they laughed it off. One senior mechanic said “who cares?” because the aileron pushrod bolt apparently wasn’t important enough to him. I explained to him that I care because I FLY these aircraft. I don’t want to die in them because the ONE bolt connecting the pushrod came loose. This was so frustrating because I went to school for this and take it seriously, whereas the employees and management were obviously complacent as they’ve been working there for years. One employee told me “if the plane was assembled in one go with no issues, then it wasn’t assembled right”. Please read that again and let it sink in. This manufacturer also has a well-documented history of their wings falling off mid-flight, and after working for them I now see why. With all that I saw & my failed attempts to rectify these issues, I left after only 4 months of employment.