Former Boeing Quality Manager Comes Forward with Concerns

Says Boeing Started Removing Inspection Operations from Assembly Lines in 2012

Alaska Airlines .jpg — **The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282. Courtesy of** **NTSB via Reuters.**

According to this TMZ interview with former Boeing quality manager John Barnett, it may be too soon for 737 Max 9 jets to be cleared for take-off.

John Barnett joined TMZ Live on Wednesday, January 31st, a few weeks after the Alaska Airlines incident, to discuss his professional experience with the company. In the interview, Barnett says Boeing began cutting corners during his employment by removing inspection operators and experts from assembly lines.

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Events

May 1, 2024

The ASSEMBLY Show South

ASSEMBLY is thrilled to return to the Music City Center in Nashville, TN for The ASSEMBLY Show SOUTH on May 1-2, 2024. This is a booming time for manufacturing and the U.S. South is right in the heart of the action. According to ASSEMBLY’s most recent annual capital spending survey, the South is projected to account for 31 percent of total spending this year, marking the fifth straight year this region has accounted for at least 30 percent of capital spending in the U.S.

May 14, 2024

How to Drive Product Innovation With Quality Function Deployment (QFD)

In this session, manufacturers will learn how Quality function deployment (QFD) can transform consumers’ qualitative demands into quantitative parameters that will shape the design of their product and, ultimately, their manufacturing process.

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