Speaking of Boeing

We now have another example of Boeing retaliating against whistleblowers.

Half the reason that they have a strike now is that the rank and file employees want to make good aircraft, and management doesn't:

Late last year, Boeing employee Craig Garriott says a 4-ton satellite inside an El Segundo plant fell after engineers failed to properly secure a clamp.

No one was injured by the collapse of the $1 billion-plus satellite that happened over a weekend, but it could have been fatal if workers were present, Garriott claims.

The incident highlighted a raft of safety violations that were ignored by management, according to a whistleblower lawsuit that was recently transferred to federal court in Los Angeles. 

In the lawsuit, the veteran Boeing employee alleges that his employer retaliated against him for speaking out about problems he saw at Boeing and Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing defense contractor that makes small satellites.

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The lawsuits come as the Arlington, Va.-based aerospace giant’s new chief executive, Kelly Ortberg, grapples with a strike by its machinists union and ongoing controversies over its manufacturing and safety practices — including how it treats employee whistleblowers who have alleged quality control and other problems.

In June, outgoing CEO Dave Calhoun admitted at a Senate hearing that whistleblowers have faced retaliation — saying “I know it happens” — with Boeing promising to take steps to fix the problem.

Saying, "I know it happens," without following up with, "They have all been fired," is a tell that current Boeing management will never take steps to fix the problem.

Once again, we need to hold managers who did this, and managers who looked the other way, criminally liable for this behavior.

As I note occasionally, they need to be frog-marched out of their offices in handcuffs.