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My friend made it slightly under a year at Boeing after working for another airline as a maintenance mechanic. The level of quality control at Boeing was so aby

My friend made it slightly under a year at Boeing after working for another airline as a maintenance mechanic. The level of quality control at Boeing was so abysmal he quit to work on busses, paying all $20k in relocation back to Boeing. He takes pride in the quality of his work and adherence to the rules, but Boeing's managers let him know that reporting unwired bolts & incorrectly installed hardware per policy was something they did not do. Very sketchy, not something anyone wants to be signing off on as personally liable! The management loves to circlejerk about the "Boeing process", but lots of shit is slipping through these days that would have been unacceptable (and firable) only 2 decades ago.

notatoad 7y ago
If your friend wanted to go on record, i'm sure there'd be plenty of reporters eager to hear about it. As long as the only whistleblowers about Boeing's quality control are union execs and anonymous friends of internet commenters I have a hard time giving that too much weight.
- StudentStuff 7y ago
  Its already ruined his life and pushed him back to the bottle, I doubt I could entice him to do anything relating to Boeing. Edit: Here is a piece New York Times did on exactly what I'm talking about: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/business/boeing-dreamliner-production-problems.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/business/boeing-dreamline...
  - ltbarcly3 7y ago
    No offense to your friend, but maybe, just maybe, he didn't quit due to cultural problems at Boeing, causing him to pay back his huge sign on bonus, but maybe.. and I hate to say it, he was drunk at work and got fired, then lied to you to save face?
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    - StudentStuff 7y ago
      Edit: Here is a piece New York Times did on exactly what I'm talking about: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/business/boeing-dreamliner-production-problems.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/business/boeing-dreamline... Go to Georgetown and start talking to people, the quality issues are well known. First shift often signs off on wiring down all bolts in a section without doing their job, second shift comes in and ignores the problem, with third shift cleaning up the mess (or as much as they can find). Its a caustic work environment that has been bred since the company split in two.
      - ltbarcly3 7y ago
        Well, alcoholics never lie, especially to hide the consequences of their drinking. It seems totally believable that he gave up a great job and paid back a huge bonus so he could go back to working on buses because Boeing didn't live up to the Greyhound standard.
        StudentStuff 7y ago
        Read the article and stop with the personal attacks please! Boeing's dangerous business practices are well documented.

notatoad 7y ago

If your friend wanted to go on record, i'm sure there'd be plenty of reporters eager to hear about it. As long as the only whistleblowers about Boeing's quality control are union execs and anonymous friends of internet commenters I have a hard time giving that too much weight.

StudentStuff 7y ago
Its already ruined his life and pushed him back to the bottle, I doubt I could entice him to do anything relating to Boeing. Edit: Here is a piece New York Times did on exactly what I'm talking about: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/business/boeing-dreamliner-production-problems.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/business/boeing-dreamline...
- ltbarcly3 7y ago
  No offense to your friend, but maybe, just maybe, he didn't quit due to cultural problems at Boeing, causing him to pay back his huge sign on bonus, but maybe.. and I hate to say it, he was drunk at work and got fired, then lied to you to save face?
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  - StudentStuff 7y ago
    Edit: Here is a piece New York Times did on exactly what I'm talking about: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/business/boeing-dreamliner-production-problems.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/business/boeing-dreamline... Go to Georgetown and start talking to people, the quality issues are well known. First shift often signs off on wiring down all bolts in a section without doing their job, second shift comes in and ignores the problem, with third shift cleaning up the mess (or as much as they can find). Its a caustic work environment that has been bred since the company split in two.
    - ltbarcly3 7y ago
      Well, alcoholics never lie, especially to hide the consequences of their drinking. It seems totally believable that he gave up a great job and paid back a huge bonus so he could go back to working on buses because Boeing didn't live up to the Greyhound standard.
      - StudentStuff 7y ago
        Read the article and stop with the personal attacks please! Boeing's dangerous business practices are well documented.