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Managers in Washington accused of hounding staff to keep quiet over quality concerns, as employees point to union-busting

Boeing’s largest factory is in “panic mode”, according to workers and union officials, with managers accused of hounding staff to keep quiet over quality concerns.

The US plane maker has been grappling with a safety crisis sparked by a cabin panel blowout during a flight in January, and intense scrutiny of its production line as regulators launched a string of investigations.

Its site at Everett, Washington – hailed as the world’s biggest manufacturing building – is at the heart of Boeing’s operation, responsible for building planes like the 747 and 767, and fixing the 787 Dreamliner.

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[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

You heard about the mission scrub weekend I take it. Absolute insanity how the company that went to the moon can't put two people into LEO.

[-] vanontom@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I happened to catch NASA on YouTube for a few hours that morning. There were a few problems, but they got through it. At about T-10 min, everyone seemed to feel this was the one, clear to launch. Even a few speeches ('MURICA!). I left for a minute and came back to the crew access arm being extended... It was difficult to watch them have to painstakingly evacuate the crew again instead of sending it to space.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

https://spacenews.com/starliner-launch-rescheduled-for-june-5/

Well you got to give them credit for not giving up I guess.

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