Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour has issued a warning about a potential air disaster that could cost hundreds of lives if quality issues are not resolved at the aviation giant.
In an explosive testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s investigations subcommittee, Salehpour said Boeing‘s disregard for concerns raised by employees endangers passengers’ and crews’ lives.
Salehpour also highlighted the faults with over 1,000 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets currently in use, which could lead to premature fatigue failure.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) asked Salehpour whether or not Boeing planes are safe, to which he replied that it is only a matter of time until a catastrophic aviation disaster.
“It’s like an earthquake. The big earthquake is coming, and when that hits, the building has to be prepared to accommodate that kind of—let’s say—shake-up,” Salehpour said.
“It has to be built properly,” the Boeing engineer added.
Salehpour continued:
“Right now, from what I’ve seen, the airplanes are not being built per spec and per requirement.”
Salehpour testified that Boeing’s 787 and 777 lines are especially concerning as the company is “doing stuff” that increases risk factors.
“When you increase the risk factors, it’s not just one. You are doing stress concentrations,” the engineer said.
He explained that components could break after additional stresses, and the odds of a failure increase dramatically.
Salehpour told Sen. Hawley that superiors at Boeing threatened him for speaking out,
However, Boeing officials stated that Salehpour’s claims about the Dreamliner are “inaccurate,” claiming the 787 and 777 lines continue to be safe.
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A Boeing quality engineer just testified to Josh Hawley that their planes are not safe and that he was threatened and silenced by the company when he tried to bring it up to them.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 17, 2024
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As we highlighted earlier this month, a Boeing insider made new revelations about the company’s current state, warning that remote work and ‘woke’ policies on diversity, equity, and inclusion are dragging the company into the ground.
The insider, who understandably chose to remain anonymous given what happened to the last whistleblower, described Boeing as “a company of caretakers” and painted a grim picture of the disconnect between leadership and its workers.
“It is not under owners. And it is not under people who love airplanes,” the source added.
The insider slammed Boeing’s growing fixation on DEI policies, arguing they are counterproductive.
“The DEI narrative is a very real thing, and, at Boeing, DEI got tied to the status game. It is the thing you embrace if you want to get ahead,” the insider said.
“It became a means to power,’ the source added.
I interviewed a long-time Boeing insider who explained exactly how DEI has undermined company culture and degraded performance. "DEI is the drop you put in the bucket, and the whole bucket changes."https://t.co/HfGqIiiA5K pic.twitter.com/6VDYusb9lN
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) April 4, 2024
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