John Barnett made headlines when he went public, saying he wouldn't trust planes made in South Carolina to be airworthy. His family says Barnett suffered PTSD and anxiety from his work at Boeing.
Boeing 787 Dreamliners are built at the aviation company's North Charleston, S.C., assembly plant in 2023. John Barnett had alleged that Boeing's manufacturing practices had declined and that managers pressured workers not to document potential defects and problems.Police in Charleston, S.C.
Police said officers were sent to the hotel to conduct a welfare check after people were unable to contact Barnett, who had traveled to Charleston to testify in his lawsuit against Boeing. Barnett, who spent decades working for Boeing at its plants in Everett, Wash., and North Charleston, S.C., had repeatedly alleged that Boeing's manufacturing practices had declined — and that rather than improve them, he added, managers had pressured workers not to document potential defects and problems.
"As a quality manager at Boeing, you're the last line of defense before a defect makes it out to the flying public," Barnett told the newspaper."And I haven't seen a plane out of Charleston yet that I'd put my name on saying it's safe and airworthy." "He was looking forward to having his day in court and hoped that it would force Boeing to change its culture," the family said in a statement shared with NPR by his brother, Rodney Barnett.
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