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OT: The News Thread

axlsalinger said:

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www.bbc.com

Boeing whistleblower John Barnett found dead in US

Prior to his death, John Barnett was testifying against Boeing over concerns about standards.
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John Barnett worked for Boeing for more than 30 years before retiring in 2017.

In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company.

Boeing said it was saddened to hear of Mr Barnett's passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the BBC on Monday.

It said the 62-year-old had died from a "self-inflicted" wound on 9 March and police were investigating.

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At the time of his death, Mr Barnett had been in Charleston for legal interviews linked to that case.

Last week, he gave a formal deposition in which he was questioned by Boeing's lawyers, before being cross-examined by his own counsel.

He had been due to undergo further questioning on Saturday. When he did not appear, enquiries were made at his hotel.

He was subsequently found dead in his truck in the hotel car park.


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axlsalinger said:
www.bbc.com

Boeing whistleblower John Barnett found dead in US

Prior to his death, John Barnett was testifying against Boeing over concerns about standards.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com

John Barnett worked for Boeing for more than 30 years before retiring in 2017.

In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company.

Boeing said it was saddened to hear of Mr Barnett's passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the BBC on Monday.

It said the 62-year-old had died from a "self-inflicted" wound on 9 March and police were investigating.

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At the time of his death, Mr Barnett had been in Charleston for legal interviews linked to that case.

Last week, he gave a formal deposition in which he was questioned by Boeing's lawyers, before being cross-examined by his own counsel.

He had been due to undergo further questioning on Saturday. When he did not appear, enquiries were made at his hotel.

He was subsequently found dead in his truck in the hotel car park.


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Surprised he did not fall out a window
 
another one baby

www.yahoo.com

Panel Missing From Boeing Jet After United Flight Lands

AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GettyA United Airlines flight was missing an external panel when it landed at its destination in Oregon—the latest in a series of mechanical problems for the carrier and jet manufacturer Boeing.In a statement, United did not say how the panel vanished, or whether it happened...
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How are these not all grounded at this point?

Also, after the original 737 Max debacle, surely regulators have to do fucking something to reel these assholes in, no?
 
I almost always book emergency exit row for the leg room and statistical survivability rates after an incident.

I will be checking the make of the plane in the future before I do that shit from now on though.

Honestly, will also heavily prioritize airlines flying airbus gear as well.
 
The theft is obviously illegal and wrong.....but.....

maybe.....

Just maybe.....

If fast food workers were paid a living wage (according to indeed, Wendy's Manager's are paid 16 an hour in Penn...lol wtf) that manager wouldn't have committed federal fraud to try to get by?
 
Take note kids

www.businessinsider.com

A Boeing whistleblower says he got off a plane just before takeoff when he realized it was a 737 Max

Ed Pierson, who spent 10 years at Boeing and testified to Congress about conditions at its factory in Renton, Washington, refuses to fly on 737 Maxes.
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A Boeing whistleblower said he was meant to take a domestic flight last year but ended up leaving the plane before takeoff because he refused to travel on a Boeing 737 Max.

Ed Pierson, a former senior manager at Boeing, told CNN he was set to fly from Seattle to New Jersey with Alaska Airlines. He said he made sure to select a flight that didn't use a Boeing 737 Max.

Pierson's flight was in 2023 — before the January Alaska Airlines door-plug blowout.
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Start checking what gear they're flying before you book those tickets.
 
MindzEye said:
Boeing has delivered 1462 of them so far....subtract the two that forgot how to be a plane whilst in the air and that leaves 1460 give or take a few doors.
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www.theglobeandmail.com

Canadian airlines say they’re unaffected by Boeing 737-9 Max jetliner incident

Airlines including Air Canada, WestJet, Flair Airlines and Lynx Air all say they fly the 737-8 Max jetliner
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Hard to find info on which airlines have which specific planes but apparently Canadian ones don't have these doors...
 
MindzEye said:
another one baby

www.yahoo.com

Panel Missing From Boeing Jet After United Flight Lands

AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GettyA United Airlines flight was missing an external panel when it landed at its destination in Oregon—the latest in a series of mechanical problems for the carrier and jet manufacturer Boeing.In a statement, United did not say how the panel vanished, or whether it happened...
www.yahoo.com www.yahoo.com

How are these not all grounded at this point?

Also, after the original 737 Max debacle, surely regulators have to do fucking something to reel these assholes in, no?
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The regulators would be the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Leaving aside the fact that the FAA are woefully understaffed and without sufficient numbers to do more than a cursory investigation of pretty much anything (think one or two customs inspectors at a waterfront port charged with checking thousands of sea cans stacked 10 containers high for contraband) where do you think the FAA gets its people from?

Answer: from the aviation industry, of course, and specifically from the ranks of Boeing. Most FAA regulators are either former employees of Boeing or wannabe employees of Boeing. That's how the company got away with fundamentally changing the avionics of the 737 to the point where it really should have been classed as an entirely new aircraft with a different number like 797. But doing that costs more money than merely classifying the aircraft as the good ol 737 and then adding "Max 8" to the name. Making it look like a minor change allowed Boeing to avoid costs and avoid having to commit their pilots to extensive simulator training. Instead, they watched a video and were handed a booklet on how the Max 8 worked relative to the old 737's.
 
worm said:
What do I need to avoid?

I thought the 737 max was not allowed anymore?
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It was grounded for a while but Boeing "fixed the glitch" to the FAA's satisfaction (which is an incredibly low bar thanks to cronyism within the agency) and they're back up and running.

Apparently some travel websites have (or used to have) a search filter where you could see what type of aircraft was being used on a specific flight. And so many people filtered out the 737 Max 8 that the filter was removed on some of them.
 
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