Topic: Spirit Aerosystems

Archived testimony from John Barnett details how Boeing removed inspection steps to save costs, forcing mechanics to "buy off" their own work. Barnett recounts finding 300 defects at Spirit Aerosystems, only to be told by management that he found too many. The situation is compared to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, where corporate greed led to catastrophic engineering failures.

A former inspector from Spirit Aerosystems in Wichita, Kansas, calls in to describe a culture where production speed is prioritized over safety. The caller alleges that inspectors were frequently moved or retaliated against for reporting defects in aircraft fuselages. The testimony corroborates the claims made by the late John Barnett regarding the systemic failure of quality control in the aerospace industry.