A new Boeing whistleblower was announced late on June 17 by a Senate committee less than 24 hours before it will hold the first hearing featuring the company’s chief since the Alaska Airlines door panel incident in January.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released a staff memorandum ahead of the June 18 hearing with Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun.
The memorandum identified the whistleblower as Sam Mohawk, a quality assurance investigator at Boeing’s Material Review Segregation Area in its Renton, Washington facility.
Mr. Mohawk alleges that Boeing mishandled, improperly tracked, and stored faulty or “nonconforming” parts that were likely installed on planes, including the popular 737 Max, built at the Renton facility….