I think we'd all like to know.
Posted on 04/02/2019 11:34:03 AM PDT by WhoisAlanGreenspan?
CAPITOL HILL: More than a week after the Air Force halted Boeing’s deliveries of KC-46 tankers, Congress and the public learned of the latest shutdown forced by the discovery of more Foreign Object Debris in finished planes.
This time, outgoing Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson told the chairman of the House Armed Services seapower and power projection subcommittee, that: “We actually stopped again the acceptance of KC-46s again after Foreign Object Debris was found in closed compartments.”
Rep. Joe Courtney may have been briefed before the hearing began since he asked Wilson for an update on the FOD issue, citing this second discovery. Also, he did not appear surprised at Wilson’s answer
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Government inspectors found tools and other debris left behind on KC-46s at Boeing’s plant in Seattle: Such loose objects can fly about the cabin during aerial maneuvers, damaging equipment and endangering crew.
Sloppy. You’d think they’d have straightened this out when it first occurred. Is this do to staff elimination and reassignment—because of it, either a dangerous protest or a failing change?
Such loose objects can fly about the cabin during aerial maneuvers, damaging equipment and endangering crew.
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This particular excerpt says the debris was found in closed compartments.
If I were Boeing management I would be doing background checks on all employees involved. Industrial espionage and sabotage DOES happen.
I’d like to know if this is sabotage. Is this sloppy work or bad intent?
Seattle plant is union (and closed). Cannot fire knuckleheads.
They need to start building these in South Carolina. They can fire knuckleheads.
Whatever, you would think it would be quite easy looking at construction logs to find out who last worked in any given area and fire their ass. Sometimes it makes you wonder how many of these occurrences were ‘accidental’.
I think we'd all like to know.
How hard can it be to do a final inspection before sealing up a closed compartment? It must be intentional.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it is intentional by the union after Boeing planned to move to a non-union state a few years back.
Unions. . .union doing what they do, sabotaging something as a negotiating tactic.
Leadership, management, they do not crawl around the inside of the jet, that is done by line-workers and line inspectors.
Guess someone needs to bone up on the old FOD programs. We were ‘reminded’ constantly on the Shuttle program. And still found junk from time to time. Shadow tool boxes, entry and exit logs, material logs. Sounds fishy to me.
“Affirmative Action” or “Cheap Labor”, perhaps.
Probably some of those obama era FORCED “DIVERSITY” HIRES from the Middle East trying to give their ISIS buds some breathing room.
You are absolutely correct.
Walking through a production line about 10-yrs ago, found a few rivets on the plant floor and some rolling around in the jet.
Boeing should treat all equipment like nurses do in the OR.
count the equipment before surgery and then recount it after surgery. Really simply, unless you’re Boeing. No excuse for poor management.
Hey in general construction I couldn’t close a wall until the framing, wiring and any other services were inspected so I find it hard to believe that something so much more critical like an aircraft doesn’t require a final inspection before sealing an are up, people need to be fired.
They found my staple gun!
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