If you’re a PR person, I can’t possibly think of a harder job to have right now than working at Boeing. It’s not just clean up in aisle six, it’s clean up the entire store, loading dock and parking lot on a daily — if not hourly — basis.
  • Boeing admitted that a missing work order led to a door plug blowing off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max in January.
  • The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reprimanded Boeing for sharing investigative information and referred Boeing’s conduct to the Department of Justice.
  • Boeing’s attempt to be transparent and take responsibility for the incident was criticized, highlighting the impact of procedural lapses on flight safety.
  • Rentlar
    31•5 months ago

    Boeing has broken so many rules, what’s another, at this point this incident is irrelevant.

    The fact that one missed piece of paperwork is not what caused this, even if it is the trigger. The company focusing on minimizing paper trail and fudging paperwork to pass regulations is what caused it.

    • hissing meerkat
      6•5 months ago

      No, terrible record keeping is exactly what caused this, according to the anonymous whistleblower: warranty work on the door was performed without any records being created for it due to boeing keeping two record keeping systems, one that was the system of record and one that was used as visibility for management.

      • Rentlar
        3•5 months ago

        That’s exactly my point, it’s not one piece of paperwork, it’s an entire record keeping process that’s screwed up.