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The FAA investigates after Boeing says workers in South Carolina falsified 787 inspection records (apnews.com)
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The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday, May 6, 2024, that it has opened an investigation into Boeing after the beleaguered company reported that workers at a South Carolina plant falsified inspection records on certain 787 planes. Boeing said its engineers have determined that misconduct did not create “an immediate safety of flight issue.”

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[-] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 96 points 6 months ago

We told these stupid employees that they had to do a 3 hour test in 1 hour or get fired and they started faking it.

No idea why.

Anyways, we fired these low level employees as an example because they broke our rules when we encouraged them to.

Don’t worry, the directors and execs that forced this scenario are safe and will continue to blame employees for the fuckups no matter HOW systemic they seem.

The system isn’t bad, Charles was bad.

We infected his personal items with the bubonic plague on the way out so that he can’t harm any more stock prices. I mean airplanes.

✈️ ✈️

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 17 points 6 months ago

And MRSA.

[-] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Our condolences to his window

(He somehow defenestrated himself 8 floors up)

[-] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 38 points 6 months ago

At this point I’m not sure if they mean 787 the plane or the number of false inspection reports

[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

It's the plane number

The number of falsified reports is much higher

(If anyone asks for receipts, you should know this is sarcasm and a joke)

[-] elvith@feddit.de 5 points 6 months ago

Why not both?

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 18 points 6 months ago

Tbf, the feds should probably just investigate everything South Carolina does.

[-] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 18 points 6 months ago

Tbf, the feds should probably just investigate everything Boeing does.

Fixed that for you.

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 9 points 6 months ago

I said what I said.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

You're both right

[-] mynachmadarch@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

If nothing else, the feds on the SC investigation can learn about the wonder that is deep fried green tomatoes

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

They are sublime.

ETA: try yourself some hot green tomato pickles, with beans and rice or cornbread. Bonus points if you find Carolina Gold rice.

[-] mynachmadarch@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago

Double bonus if you use a Carolina rice spoon for your rice, and throw in some pulled pork from the pig pickin.

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago

I had to look that up! At my house, the "rice spoon" is whatever spoon is used to serve the rice, often it's a wooden paddle I used with a fork to fluff it up and stir in more butter. I never even had Carolina Gold until I was already middle age, because it's hard to find and expensive. I usually try to avoid pork. It's horrible for the body.

[-] minorcoma@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Seriously, I worked on a construction project in Charleston close to the Boeing plant that used some of the same contractors. More than one told me they won't fly after what they saw (and this was pre-scandal).

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I believe you! Several years back, I had friends at LM and their stories were off the chain. You don't want to know what goes on in the food production plants. You can look up some stories of chicken processing, if you never want to eat it again.

[-] impure9435@kbin.run 13 points 6 months ago

I highly recommend this Al Jazeera documentary, they seem to be the only ones covering the Boeing controversy who actually have some balls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvkEpstd9os

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[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Amazing, thank you

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 6 months ago

I know some will it's the employees did this but remember Boeing cut jobs to maximize profits. Inspectors were give unrealistic inspection times to save up for another mansion or a trip to Epstein Island 2.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 6 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

SEATTLE (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it has opened an investigation into Boeing after the beleaguered company reported that workers at a South Carolina plant falsified inspection records on certain 787 planes.

In an email to Boeing’s South Carolina employees on April 29, Scott Stocker, who leads the 787 program, said a worker observed an “irregularity” in a required test of the wing-to-body join and reported it to his manager.

“After receiving the report, we quickly reviewed the matter and learned that several people had been violating Company policies by not performing a required test, but recording the work as having been completed,” Stocker wrote.

“The company voluntarily informed us in April that it may not have completed required inspections to confirm adequate bonding and grounding where the wings join the fuselage on certain 787 Dreamliner airplanes,” the agency said in a written statement.

The company has been under intense pressure since a door plug blew out of a Boeing 737 Max during an Alaska Airlines flight in January, leaving a gaping hole in the plane.

The families of some of the victims have pushed the Justice Department to revive a criminal fraud charge against the company by determining that Boeing’s continued lapses violated the terms of a 2021 deferred prosecution agreement.

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[-] SoleInvictus 3 points 6 months ago

I read the title as saying employees had falsified seven hundred and eighty seven documents and thought that sounded reasonable.

[-] slurpinderpin@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I will never set foot on these 787’s. Disasters waiting to happen

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