Former Boeing senior manager and whistleblower Ed Pearson on Friday criticized company executives for failing to heed warnings about possible quality control problems.
Boeing aircraft have experienced several safety issues in the last week alone, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) acknowledged in a February announcement that there may be some concerns about the company's safety operations. discovered. report It was mandated by Congress after crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people. Pearson criticized management in an interview on NewsNation's “The Elizabeth Vargas Report,” saying they needed to leave the company. (Related: Boeing suspends deliveries of dozens of aircraft due to problems discovered)
“In 2018, we started having a lot of problems at the factory, and we saw a drop in quality, and during that time planes were rushing out the door. There was a lot of pressure from headquarters to get planes flying, and employees “People are tired, they're tired, they're making mistakes, they're running out of planes, they're having problems with parts, all kinds of problems. It's been total chaos,” Pearson said. “I rang a bell internally and tried to get management to take action, but they didn't want to listen.”
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One of the company's problems, according to the FAA report, is a disconnect with the company's senior management and lower-ranking members of the organization regarding safety culture.
“My number one recommendation is that the executives should resign,” Pearson argued on NewsNation's “Elizabeth Vargas Report.” “So they're destroying companies. They're allowing one bad thing after another, they're making broken promises over and over again that aren't happening, and the proof is in the print. It's inside.”
The report also found that employees could face retaliatory measures if they reported safety issues, including adjustments to pay or furlough rankings. Additionally, human factors were not fully considered in aviation safety, and pilots' input into aircraft design was insufficient.
An Alaska Airlines flight using a Boeing 737 Max 9 was forced to make an emergency landing after the emergency door plug came loose from the aircraft. The accident prompted an additional federal investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, which determined that the bolt had not been installed on the jet before the accident.
A United Airlines Boeing 737 suffered a gear failure and crashed off the runway at George Bush Airport in Houston, Texas, on Friday. report. Another Japan-bound Boeing plane carrying 235 passengers lost one of its six tires shortly after takeoff from San Francisco on Thursday and made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport, the New York Post reported.
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