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Fuselages made by Boeing's largest supplier regularly left the factory with serious defects, according to a former quality inspector at the firm.

Santiago Paredes who worked for Spirit AeroSystems in Kansas, told the BBC he often found up to 200 defects on parts being readied for shipping to Boeing.

He was nicknamed "showstopper" for slowing down production when he tried to tackle his concerns, he claimed.

Mr Paredes made the allegations against Spirit in an exclusive interview with the BBC and the American network CBS, in which he described what he said he experienced while working at the firm between 2010 and 2022.

He was accustomed to finding "anywhere from 50 to 100, 200" defects on fuselages - the main body of the plane - that were due to be shipped to Boeing, he said.

"I was finding a lot of missing fasteners, a lot of bent parts, sometimes even missing parts."

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[–] FuglyDuck 84 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Someone should probably hire this guy a personal protective agent. Just saying.

[–] toiletobserver 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Stay away from windows and elevator shafts too

[–] FuglyDuck 10 points 1 month ago

Explaining the new rules (and retraining the clients,) is all part of the PPA’s job.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

And everyone else should take out a life insurance policy on them.

[–] FuglyDuck 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wait… we can take out life insurance policies on random people?!

#BirthOfASerialKiller….

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle 5 points 1 month ago

Even the name is disgusting

[–] FuglyDuck 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good luck not getting caught.

Insurance companies really do not like paying out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Get caught doing what? Murder? Dead peasant policies are totally legal.

[–] ooterness 3 points 1 month ago

Get life insurance. Hire hitman. Pay hitman with the life insurance money.

🎵 It's the circle of life... 🎵

[–] FuglyDuck 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

yes, but you start having enough workplace accidents to pay things off... they're gonna ask questions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Like this? https://workdaymagazine.org/court-slams-walmarts-use-of-dead-peasant-insurance

  1. Good thing we don't have Walmarts anymore! Oh, wait...........
[–] SpaceNoodle 3 points 1 month ago

Like how if all your whistleblowers start dropping dead?

[–] afraid_of_zombies 1 points 1 month ago

Kickstarter?

[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge 57 points 1 month ago

RIP new whistle-blower 5/9-5/9 he will be missed

[–] SpaceNoodle 50 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] yggstyle 23 points 1 month ago

Our condolences to his family.

[–] TheDoozer 40 points 1 month ago (3 children)

There seem to be some similarities between Boeing whistleblowers and the Final Destination movies right now. This guy should go live in a padded cell.

[–] chaotic_disorganizer 19 points 1 month ago

The light fixture is faulty, causing a spark which sets the padding on fire.

[–] afraid_of_zombies 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If I was a Boeing whistleblower I would be live streaming my life, mentioning every hour that I feel fine and not suicidal, and hiring someone for minimum wage to just hangout with me every night with the only job to call 911 if something happens

[–] TheDoozer 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Man, then they'd have a minimum-wage worker to pin it on.

"Boeing whistle-blower found dead in apparent murder-suicide" keeps the Final Destination death list fresh.

[–] afraid_of_zombies 5 points 1 month ago

Damn it. Stop finding ways to kill me!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Would probably draw pretty good views too. Could probably live off it for a while or at least until they come...

[–] afraid_of_zombies 1 points 1 month ago

Maybe I can get someone who works for the hurrstory channel to announce teasers. Will he be alive next week?

[–] RizzRustbolt 3 points 1 month ago

I think the safest place for him would be ... right next to Tony Todd.