Die schlimmsten 7 Jahre in Boeings Geschichte – und der Mann, der nicht aufhören, um Antworten zu kämpfen
https://www.wired.com/story/boeing-whistleblower-737-max/
Die schlimmsten 7 Jahre in Boeings Geschichte – und der Mann, der nicht aufhören, um Antworten zu kämpfen
https://www.wired.com/story/boeing-whistleblower-737-max/
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Fatal crashes. A door blowout. Grounded planes. Inside the citizen-led, obsessive campaign to hold Boeing accountable and prevent the next disaster.
As more than 1,700 737 Max airplanes crisscross the sky, Ed Pierson, a former senior manager at a Max factory, is busy exposing Boeing’s failings. Because of his experience, some people in DC actually listen to him. Also, because he will not—metaphorically and very literally—stop talking.
Pierson remembers the creation of the Max as “chaos.” The production worried him so much he voiced his concerns to the top of Boeing, but nothing changed. Miserable and fearful, he retired in August 2018, in what he described as “abandoning the Titanic.”
A few months after Pierson retired, a TV report caught his attention: *Plane crashed in the* *Java Sea. Lion Air. All 189 passengers and crew killed. A two-month-old Max 8.* “Honey, this is a brand-new plane. I was there when it was being made,” Pierson told his wife.
Then in March 2019, Ethiopian Airlines’ ET302, on a four-month old Max, plowed into a field, killing all 157 people aboard. Within days, regulators grounded all Maxes. Pierson studied the reports, met with victims’ families, and spoke publicly on TV and in DC about Boeing’s failures.
As MAXs were ungrounded and passengers once again boarded them around the world, Pierson still worried about potential factory issues affecting safety. Specifically, he wanted more investigation of potential electrical issues in the planes that crashed. “Mr. Pierson’s theory is wrong,” Boeing told WIRED.
Then in 2024, a door plug ripped out of a new Max mid-flight, high above the city of Portland. The cabin lost pressure, passengers strapped on air masks. Alaska Airlines. Suddenly, many of the moves Pierson had wanted for years started to happen.
As Pierson continues his David-vs-Goliath quest, he still wonders, could he have done something more to prevent the crashes? “I don’t think I’ll ever–I’ll ever stop feeling that way.”
Full feature here: [https://www.wired.com/story/boeing-whistleblower-737-max/](https://www.wired.com/story/boeing-whistleblower-737-max/)
If he continues investigating, a fall from a window just might stop him…
THIS ISN’T A THREAT TO THE INDIVIDUAL, POINTING OUT TACTICS EMPLOYED TO SILENCE WHISTLEBLOWERS OR DISSIDENTS
One of Boeings whistleblowers was found dead in a parking lot while testifying. It was ruled as a “suicide”.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/boeing-whistleblower-john-barnett-suicide-police-investigation/
I mean, the answer is kind of obvious. There was a corporate merger, and the small company that Boeing ate had all its executives somehow become Boeing’s C-suite. Then they continued running things like they were their old company, catastrophically bad quality control and safety regulations included.