The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating a Boeing whistleblower's claims that the company dismissed safety and quality concerns in the production of the planemaker's 787 and 777 jets, an agency spokesperson said today.
The US Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a Boeing whistleblower's claims that the company dismissed safety and quality concerns in the production of the planemaker's 787 and 777 jets, an agency spokesperson said today.
He said he faced retaliation, such as threats and exclusion from meetings, after he identified engineering problems that affected the structural integrity of the jets, and claimed Boeing employed shortcuts to reduce bottlenecks during 787 assembly, his lawyers said. Salehpour observed shortcuts used by Boeing to reduce bottlenecks during the 787 assembly process that placed"excessive stress on major airplane joints, and embedded drilling debris between key joints on more than 1,000 planes," his lawyers said.
The panel had initially sought to have Calhoun testify at next week's hearing according to a March 19 letter. In a January 19 letter to FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker, the lawyers said Salehpour made these observations while working on the 787 programme in 2021.
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