John Barnett had been giving a formal legal deposition against the plane manufacturer before his sudden death.

A former Boeing employee, who was found dead in March, accused the company of “countless” violations of US law in testimony given just before his death.

John Barnett claimed the firm tried to “eliminate” quality inspections at a plant that makes 787 planes.

The former quality control manager had been giving a formal legal deposition against the plane manufacturer.

The transcript of Mr Barnett’s deposition has now been released by his lawyers. The lengthy document runs to more than 140 pages.

The bulk of Mr Barnett’s deposition focuses on the period from 2010 onwards, after he had moved from Boeing’s facility in Everett, Washington to what was then a brand-new factory in North Charleston.

    • arglebargle@lemm.eeEnglish
      28·
      5 months ago

      OK, so Boeing cannot be a murder, there has to be someone who actually did it. So who would that be? The CEO? A hired hitman? Who?

      And WHY? It would make no difference, the testimony is already out there. It would be cheaper and easier to simply lawyer up and fight, then to hire and then have to pay off somebody. Because that somebody would always have dirt on whoever did the hiring.

      Maybe I am wrong, but this really makes no sense.

      • tsonfeir@lemm.ee
        41·
        5 months ago

        1. his testimony was not over, he had another round the next day

        2. he said that he was not suicidal. He saw it coming.

        Until someone confesses, the group with the most motive is Boeing. Bag them all and make them squeal.

        • arglebargle@lemm.eeEnglish
          16·
          5 months ago

          What is the motive? and exactly who cares when money can make this go away? But no, murder will make everyone not care, really? This is absolutely silly.

          • FooBarrington@lemmy.world
            2·
            5 months ago

            What is the motive?

            Why are you acting like this is some impossible mystery that we’ll never understand? The motive is either “silencing him so he can’t reveal more”, “intimidating other potential whistleblowers”, or a combination of both. Is this some grand revelation to you, or are you deliberately acting like you’ve been dropped on your head every day since birth?

            and exactly who cares when money can make this go away?

            Yeah, we’re actively seeing how money has made all of Boeing’s problems go away. No investigations are happening, there could not be any issues if further whistleblowers step forward 🙄

            But no, murder will make everyone not care, really?

            Again, think about the motives for more than half a second, and you’ll see that the idea isn’t to “make everyone not care”.