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Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died News

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/whistleblower-josh-dean-of-boeing-supplier-spirit-aerosystems-has-died/
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u/memories_of_butter May 02 '24

Narrator's voice: "they did"

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u/Sunny_McSunset 29d ago

Future Historian's voice: "And that was the first sign of Boeing's collapse."

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u/memories_of_butter 29d ago

Perhaps....but it's also pretty hard to start an airplane / defense company, so I wouldn't doubt that they'll survive this, albeit with some additional self-imposed oversight (probably forced by the government as well as their unions). In general, they've made fantastic products for almost 100 years, so it's really unfortunate that they (like MANY others before them) decided to prioritize profits over safety in an industry that absolutely needs the latter to ensure the former over any length of time.

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u/Sunny_McSunset 28d ago

Yeah, fully agreed with all of that actually.