Boeing 737 MAX crisis escalates: More and more parts are leaving subcontractor Spirit AeroSystems with defects, insiders claim - and improved stats are due to 'staff being too scared to report issues to bully bosses'
Key Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems is in spotlight after recent incident
Insiders say quotas are unrealistic and there is pressure to ignore defects
Spirit denies the claims as FAA steps up its investigation after door plug incident
By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com
Published: 16:00 EST, 13 January 2024 | Updated: 16:40 EST, 13 January 2024
Claims of quality control issues at key Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems are mounting, following near-disaster on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX flight.
Spirit, the manufacturer of the door plug that blew out of the Alaska flight in mid-air, runs a factory in Wichita, Kansas where the sprawling fuselage for the troubled jets is produced.
Current and former Spirit employees told the Wall Street Journal that workers at the factory rush to meet unrealistic quotas, and that raising safety concerns is discouraged, if not outright punished.
'It is known at Spirit that if you make too much noise and cause too much trouble, you will be moved,' Joshua Dean, a former Spirit quality auditor who says he was fired after flagging misdrilled holes in fuselages, told the newspaper.
'It doesn't mean you completely disregard stuff, but they don't want you to find everything and write it up.'
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