Boeing's Dramatic Revelation Whistleblower Exposes Safety Risks

Because of that it's normal that we have questions about how these materials will hold up to the long-term stresses of flight But notably and as mentioned before Salipur's allegations have to do specifically with Boeing's conduct With him saying that the company took shortcuts to meet production targets and describing cases where workers placed excessive stress on major airplane joints to make it look like parts fit together properly Which he says is a problem because that could cause deformation of the material and eventually lead to its earlier-than-expected And on top of all that he says that he's faced retaliation after raising his concerns with the company And that retaliation including being threatened with physical violence from a supervisor And then ultimately he says that after being ignored and left out of key meetings he was involuntarily reassigned to work on the company's Seven-Seventy-Seven aircraft program Where very notably he says again he saw workers forcing misaligned parts to fit together and even jumping on parts to make them fit together Because apparently we are building planes the same way I have to try and pack my wife's suitcase." You know it was only after all this that Salapura took his concerns to the FAA The spokesman for the agency confirming that it was investigating the allegations but not providing further comment With this Boeing for their part they of course denied all wrongdoing saying in a statement that it has full confidence in the Seven Eighty Seven Dreamliner that Salopore's claims are inaccurate and also saying that the planes have been subject to rigorous engineering examination under FAA oversight And to that point Boeing also said that it identified concerns about the proper fitting and joining of fuselages back in twenty twenty with the FAA approving a fix in twenty twenty-two that allowed the company to continue production after stopping for nearly two years But and this could be a big thing according to spokesperson Paul Lewis the company could only determine that there was no immediate safety issue With him adding that the analysis to determine if there may be a long-term fatigue concern that's ongoing