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Lawsuit alleges Boeing tried to blame 737 captain in door plug blowout incident
A lawsuit against Boeing has alleged that the US manufacturer “attempted to shift blame” onto an Alaska Airlines captain for mistakes made that contributed to a door plug separating from the aircraft midflight in January 2024. Captain Brandon Fisher, who safely landed the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 on January 5, 2024, following the door plug blowout, filed papers in Oregon’s Multnomah County Circuit Court on December 30, 2025, seeking $10 million in damages. The lawsuit represents the… (www.aerotime.aero) More...
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My arse is on fire! What am I going to do? I know , I will try and light someone else's arse.
Considering I spent many years working for Boeing (and McDonnell Douglas) it really pains me to read this type CYA non-sense from Boeing. A Company, I have always held in high regard.
Having worked for Boeing, you were probably more aware than others of the CYA atmosphere being prevalent in industry. I learned that long ago in my 52 years in Corporate America. As Ronald Reagan taught us with trickle-down economics, s**t doesn't flow uphill.
If this is the first time that you have noticed that there was something wrong at Boeing, I would hazard a guess that most people (including the FAA, NTSB and FBI) would say that you have not been paying attention for the last twenty years or so.
I do not see anything in Erik Bruner's post that suggests this is the first time they have noticed something was wrong at Boeing.
He closes with, "A Company, I have always held in high regard." It been quite a while since I could make that statement. And while I have never been an employee, my great uncle was plant manager at Renton for many years where he showed me the 1st 707 Air Force One in 1962 just after it was painted, several family members owned stock, and I have worked for many years as an engineer for a company that supplies flight test equipment to Boeing and the rest of the industry. Just saying...
