Prior to his death, whistleblower John Barnett was testifying against Boeing over concerns about standards.

John Barnett had worked for Boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017.

In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company.

Boeing said it was saddened to hear of Mr Barnett’s passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the BBC on Monday.

It said the 62-year-old had died from a “self-inflicted” wound on 9 March and police were investigating.

    • @[email protected]
      18•8 months ago

      The FAA has allowed this mess to continue for far too long because Boeing is an industry titan. Too big to fail. Well, maybe not anymore.

      • @[email protected]English
        5•8 months ago

        Too big to fail is a terrible concept that was invented.

        If a company gets too big to the point that it’s failure is going to drag down the company. That company should be broken up to allow them to to fail. Anything else is either reward the company for making bad decisions or allow companies to become stagnant because if anything happens, the government will bail them out.

        Edit: Spelling and grammar are important.

      • @Kalysta
        4•8 months ago

        What do you mean? They fail all the time. Fail to secure doors. Fail to have working oxygen masks. Fail to warn pilots about a system that points the nose of the plane down constantly…

    • @agitatedpotato
      6•8 months ago

      Not sure how much jurisdiction or investigation the FFA does for murders that occur on the ground though.

      • @[email protected]
        3•8 months ago

        At the point of a deposition, his complaints are already documented and can be verified by regulators.