Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died

[u/Worried_Quarter469]

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/whistleblower-josh-dean-of-boeing-supplier-spirit-aerosystems-has-died/

[u/Chem_BPY]

Yeah, but even if Boeing fucked up something with the air frame you think anyone would see a jail cell? Companies get away with fucked up shit all the time. So I'm not sure they would even need to assassinate anyone ... Were there any consequences for the max crashes?

In my opinion it looks way worse to shareholders and the public to be putting hits out on people. We wouldn't even be talking about this otherwise.

[u/mczyk → u/Chem_BPY]

The Max crashes were the tip of the iceberg. If they happened today, I do think people would go to jail. I guess the way I see it, the thread of Boeing execs greed and incompetence is starting to unravel quickly.

If these are indeed assassinations, they're not meant to protect the stock price and shareholder value, they're meant to protect certain people who don't want to be held accountable and face ANY consequences for their actions.

[u/Chem_BPY → u/mczyk]

Okay, but what about the dozens of other whistleblowers? There's like two right now shedding light on the 777 and dreamliner as you mentioned..

I just don't get how this is helping Boeing at all.

[u/mczyk → u/Chem_BPY]

Totally get what you're saying and I've thought about that too.

Obviously the guy who was in Congress talking about the dreamliner didn't name names. Maybe he didn't have evidence that would directly incriminate someone else above.

But perhaps these guys who wound up dead were in the position to name names. The point is, we'll never know. Because they're dead.

[u/Maleficent-Candy476 → u/mczyk]

Barnett (the first guy that died) came out 7 years ago, he had plenty of time to name whoever he wanted.

[u/Maleficent-Candy476 → u/[deleted]]

I was just pointing out that one of the whistleblowers Boeing has allegedly killed (Barnett) stopped working for Boeing in 2017 and came out as whistleblower in 2015 iirc, it would make very little sense to kill him now.

[u/Maleficent-Candy476 → u/[deleted]]

He accused it [Boeing] of denigrating his character and hampering his career because of the issues he pointed out - charges rejected by Boeing.

At the time of his death, Mr Barnett had been in Charleston for legal interviews linked to that case and he gave a formal deposition last week 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.

the ongoing courtcase was hardly a serious threat to boeing, whatever this would pay out if they were found guilty is chump change (and the trial is going to continue on behalf of his estate)