And their planes made with scrap parts are still flying around.
Edit: A lot of new .world users showing up with ChatGPT responses about how this was a conspiracy, reminds me of an article i read this week.
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/657978/reddit-ai-experiment-banned
Chat,
Did the Boeing whistleblower who deliberately told his family and friends that he wasn’t suicidal commit suicide?
What about tha other one a few weeks off from that one?
How are we supposed to keep track of all these Boeing whistleblowers suiciding themselves all over the place?
Let alone the ones they just maim.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/business/boeing-john-barnett-lawsuit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Dk8.yNQ6.TlGz67jKE6MN
His own family filed a lawsuit against Boeing that they were responsible for his death by causing his anxiety and depression. Is this the moral equivalent of murder? Probably. Is it the same as pulling the trigger? No. Why not? Because truth, and clarity in speech matter.
Do Boeings actions help deter future whistle-blowers? Yes.
Finding the correct label seems irrelevant.
It is absolutely, and I cannot state this enough, NOT irrelevant. Truth fucking matters.
Boeing was complicit in shortening a whistle-blower’s life. FACT.
Do you actually know anyone suicidal? They usually don’t tell people. They often don’t know themselves. They changed their mind. They’re depressed. They’re anxious. They’re not well. They die suddenly. Everyone is surprised. That is how it goes.
Not telling people is a heck of a lot different from being about to blow the whistle on a major corporation and telling people “if anything happens to me, it’s not suicide”.
Suicidal people lie about being suicidal.
That’s like the first thing you learn Suicide Awareness.
Do suicidal people reach out to their freinds and family to specifically tell them they aren’t going to commit suicide and nothing else?
You’re not going to be able to push your narrative here.
Suicidal people lie about being suicidal. And yes, they do reach out to friends and family.
It’s also important to note here, John Barnett was not giving any sort of testimony that could harm Boeing. That’s not what the trial was over,
No, the trial, or rather the appeal, was over Boeing’s retaliation against John Barnett for his past whistleblowing. Whistleblowing that resulted in Boeing receiving a fine.
That particular case was done and over. John Barnett had nothing more to add.
John Barnett sued Boeing for the wrongful termination, and other retaliation including Blackballing him (talking to other Aerospace companies to make sure they wouldn’t hire him), John lost the court case to Boeing’s high priced lawyers.
John then appealed, and gave testimony in court in front of the appeals judge.
I don’t know if you’ve ever been at a low point like that. Where you think you’ve hit rock bottom, and you hinge your hopes on just one thing going right, only for it to go horribly wrong.
I’ve been to that false rock bottom, and found the depths hidden below it.
Boeing didn’t need to hire some contract killer to pull the trigger.
John Barnett was fighting his wrongful termination for seven years. That’s how Boeing got John to pull the trigger. They drove him to suicide, didn’t need to go any further.
That’s what you conspiracy nuts miss. Boeing ruined a man’s life, and that’s the part that you’re ignoring. Or maybe you heard someone rightfully say that Boeing killed a man, and you thought it was meant literally.
Well said thank you.