"The Coming: A Boeing Whistleblower’s Warning"

Alaska Airlines was the one with the door blowout incident, by the way.

Alaska Airlines Pauses All Departures Nationwide After Tech Issues
The Federal Aviation Administration issued an advisory Wednesday morning for Alaska Airlines to pause departures across all airports Wednesday, a halt the major airline said was related to a problem with its system for calculating weight.
The FAA did not give a reason for the ground stop
The advisory, issued around 7:50 a.m. PT, ordered “all Alaska mainline and subcarrier flights ground stopped,” though flights on Skywest—an Alaska Airlines partner—were allowed to continue.
The ground stop expired around 8:30 a.m. PT and Alaska has begun releasing flights for departure, but “residual delays are expected throughout the day,” Alaska Airlines told Forbes in a statement.
Alaska Airlines said it requested the ground stop for all Alaska and Horizon flights after it “experienced an issue while performing an upgrade to the system that calculates our weight and balance.
 
Send a little prayer my way, I'll be on a Boeing 737-900 twin-jet on Sunday. 😵
I survived, travel crystal in my backpack. Speaking of airlines, United makes it near impossible to use credit for a cancelled trip. They limit flights on which it can be used (most probably do that). For a domestic flight the equivalent of a mere 16-hour drive, to use my credit, they jacked up the total cost to >$2100. It was one third cheaper to lose the credit and take another airline (though two of four legs were on a Boeing).
 
The parts continue to fall off those Boeings, this time the emergency slide from a 767... How the heck do you lose that if you're not even supposed to deploy it mid-air and it should be tucked away nicely in the fuselage somewhere?


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After reading an article about 10 new Boeing whistleblowers, I read the comments. One of the commentors said to search Boeing and the Clintons so I did. When searching on Brave Boeing + Clinton here's what I found:

Boeing and Clinton have had a long-standing relationship, with the company being a major beneficiary of Hillary Clinton’s actions as Secretary of State and her husband Bill Clinton’s presidency.
There's more, but I had a problem with the copy/paste thing.

If you're interested in the article about the 10 new whistleblowers, you can read it here:


Anyway, I found the Boeing/Clinton connection interesting.
 
Geez, what could go wrong with this, I wonder?
Do ya think the the two veteran NASA astronauts will survive to get their retirement pensions?
Stay tuned, and “wait and see” I guess.

Boeing's new Starliner capsule set for first crewed flight to space station​

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. -
Boeing's new Starliner astronaut capsule was poised for a Monday night launch of its long-delayed inaugural crewed test flight to the International Space Station, two years after its first voyage without humans to the orbital laboratory.
The gumdrop-shaped CST-100 Starliner with two astronauts aboard was due for liftoff at 10:34 p.m. from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carried atop an Atlas V rocket furnished by the Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture United Launch Alliance (ULA).

Riding aboard the Starliner, designed to carry up to seven crew members, are veteran NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore, 61, a retired U.S. Navy captain, and Sunita "Sunni" Williams, 58, a former Navy aviator and test pilot.
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Geez, what could go wrong with this, I wonder?
Do ya think the the two veteran NASA astronauts will survive to get their retirement pensions?
Stay tuned, and “wait and see” I guess.
Psst! Keep quiet. If you blow the whistle before takeoff, the bolts might come off. We don't want this thing to go "boing-boing" in front of the Russians. C'mon 'Murica, our pensions are rocket fuel. Time to $hine!
 
After reading an article about 10 new Boeing whistleblowers, I read the comments. One of the commentors said to search Boeing and the Clintons so I did. When searching on Brave Boeing + Clinton here's what I found:
There IS a lot of suspicion being discussed.
Anyway, I found the Boeing/Clinton connection interesting.
A lot of aware observers are on the same page, @Nienna.
The Meme Lords are going strong as well!
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Geez, what could go wrong with this, I wonder?
Do ya think the the two veteran NASA astronauts will survive to get their retirement pensions?
Yes, I've been thinking the same thing.

I watch a few videos on what's going on in the spaceflight field and Boeing has had problems with the Starliner capsule. Two noted things were problems with the re-entry parachutes and a problem with tape they were using to tape the wiring down. It was flammable. Sheesh. I hope those that fly in this thing don't come to a bad end.
 
A lot of aware observers are on the same page, @Nienna.
The Meme Lords are going strong as well!
Yes, I know. Finding the Clintons' involvement with Boeing makes it even more likely that they were "suicided". I haven't seen anyone else make the connection between Boeing and the Clintons, though. I wouldn't have if I had not re4ad what that commenter posted.
 
I just remembered seeing this 1hr documentary about problems with the production quality of the Boeing 787 that was released by Al Jazeera almost ten years ago now...


Given the length of time all of this takes to be investigated, I think we will be seeing Boeing planes (and their crew and passengers) getting in trouble a lot in the coming years. They must've been cutting corners for decades at this point, subcontracting who knows what to the cheapest bidder, exploiting their regulatory capture of the FAA. And all those planes are still out there.
 
I remember that one because of reading this article about the 787 on sott the other day:


The documentary I linked above goes in to the regulatory capture and Boeings political connections from about 37:09 minutes onwards for about five minutes. Hillary is in there too, brokering a $3.7B deal for Boeing. I think the intimate relationship of Boeing and the US government is very well depicted there, and given that all of that was ten years ago or more, one can only imagine the current state of affairs.
 
If one travel in first class, and the airplane has a problem, one will suffer the same as in second class, so DEI of them.
Is it on purpose to delay the installation?
REVEALED: 300 Boeing planes used by United and American Airlines have potentially fatal fault that could cause jets to EXPLODE mid-air - in latest blow for scandal-hit company
Another fleet of Boeing jets were found earlier this year to have a potentially fatal flaw, DailyMail.com can reveal.The issue involved an electrical fault on the company's 777 jets that could cause fuel tanks on the planes' wings to catch fire and explode.
Discovery of the flaw exposes that nearly 300 more Boeing planes are potentially at risk, including jets used by United and American Airlines, according the notice by the Federal Aviation Administration.

The FAA reported the issue in March and ordered Boeing to respond by May 9, but it remains unclear if the company has done so.

DailyMail.com has approached both Boeing and the FAA for comment.

A spokesperson for Boeing emphasized that the FAA's March 25, 2024 notice was for a 'proposed rulemaking,' seeking comment from Boeing before the federal agency would formally mandate any proposed fix to its 777 series of commercial jets.

It is just the latest major safety warning to be directed at the scandal-hit company by regulators — as multiple models of Boeing passenger jets have face door plug blowouts, mid-air engine fires, and two deadly crasheswhich killed 346 people.
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This little seen FAA 'airworthiness directive' proposal has warned Boeing of an 'electrostatic discharge,' or static electricity risk, near the center-wing fuel tanks on the 777, which the FAA advised could result in 'an ignition source inside the fuel tank and subsequent fire or explosion'
In this March 2024 airworthiness directive (AD) proposal, the FAA warned Boeing of an 'electrostatic discharge,' or static electricity risk, near the center-wing fuel tanks.

'The unsafe condition, if not addressed, could result in an ignition source inside the fuel tank,' the FAA said, 'and subsequent fire or explosion.'

The FAA projected that the safety fix would cost Boeing — whose market cap is $113.53 billion as of this writing — less than $698,000 to correct for all of the 292 vulnerable Boeing 777 aircraft listed within the US registry.

And the parts required to remove these 'static electricity'-based explosion risks, according to the federal agency, would only cost $98 for each Boeing 777.

The FAA specifically requested that new 'electrical bonding' and 'grounding' be installed to prevent short circuiting or 'electrostatic discharge' around an air intake system near the 777's center-wing fuel tanks.
Less than two weeks after the order's May 9 deadline, one 73-year-old was dead and 23 more were injured when nearby lightning and electrical storms led to 'sudden extreme turbulence' for a Singapore Airlines flight onboard a 777.

That death and the FAA warning join controversies already swirling the aerospace giant and its 'triple seven' aircrafts — including Senate testimony by a whistleblower who has accused Boeing of taking shortcuts when building the 777.

'Despite what Boeing officials state publicly, there is no safety culture at Boeing,' whistleblower Sam Salehpour told the US Senate during open hearings last month.

'I observed Boeing workers using improper and untested methods to align parts in the 777,' Salehpour, once a quality engineer at Boeing, told Senate investigators.


'In one instance even jumping on pieces of the airplane to get them to align,' he said.

Salehpour testified that he had been 'involuntarily transferred to the 777 program 'in retaliation' for his internal whistleblower activity, sounding the alarm over several, even graver risks posed by the company's 787 Dreamliner jets.

'I was ignored, I was told not to create delays, I was told, frankly, to shut up,' Salehpour told the Senate's homeland security subcommittee on investigations.

Flaws with Boeing's 787 Dreamliner and its 777 series rose in public awareness after dire incidents occurred involving Boeing's 737 Max, including a Boeing 737 Max 9 flight in which a cabin pressure emergency ripped clothes off of passengers.

But the FAA's March 25, 2024 'airworthiness directive' proposal to Boeing has raised new concerns about the 777 series of aircraft — which are among the bestselling long haul aircraft in the world and the first commercial jets designed entirely by computer.

The nitrogen enriched air distribution system (NEADS), which helps keep combustible oxygen away from the plane's jet fuel, according to the FAA, 'was installed without a designed electrical bond [...] in the center wing tank.'
Salehpour testified that he had been 'involuntarily transferred to the 777 program 'in retaliation' for his internal whistleblower activity, sounding the alarm over several, even graver risks posed by the company's 787 Dreamliner jets.

'I was ignored, I was told not to create delays, I was told, frankly, to shut up,' Salehpour told the Senate's homeland security subcommittee on investigations.

Flaws with Boeing's 787 Dreamliner and its 777 series rose in public awareness after dire incidents occurred involving Boeing's 737 Max, including a Boeing 737 Max 9 flight in which a cabin pressure emergency ripped clothes off of passengers.

But the FAA's March 25, 2024 'airworthiness directive' proposal to Boeing has raised new concerns about the 777 series of aircraft — which are among the bestselling long haul aircraft in the world and the first commercial jets designed entirely by computer.

The nitrogen enriched air distribution system (NEADS), which helps keep combustible oxygen away from the plane's jet fuel, according to the FAA, 'was installed without a designed electrical bond [...] in the center wing tank.'
'This proposed AD [airworthiness directive] would require installing electrical bonding and grounding,' the agency wrote of the $98 worth of parts, 'installing the cover plate assembly with new fasteners.'

The FAA has not yet responded to DailyMail.com's requests for updates on the AD.

But according to aviation trade news publication Leeham News and Analysis, Boeing insiders have claimed that the company has been failing to meet other FAA issued safety deadlines this year, including a February call for new safety plans.

Boeing was also claimed to have unsuccessfully engaged or even contacted its own engineering and technicians union for input on the new FAA-mandated safety plans.

Five models of the 'triple sevens' were called out by the FAA's proposed directive this March, including the Boeing 777F, 777–200, –200LR, –300, and the –300ER, which was the exact model involved in this Monday's fatal Singapore Airlines incident.

Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321's fatal 'turbulence' incident this Monday involved proximity to tropical thunderstorms.
 

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