Wow, what a mickey mouse outfit..NY Post articleThe Federal...

Wow, what a mickey mouse outfit..NY Post article

The Federal Aviation Administration found dozens of issues throughout Boeing’s 737 MAX jet production process, including mechanics at one of its key suppliers using a hotel key card and dish soap as makeshift tools to test compliance, according to a report.The FAA discovered “unacceptable” quality control issues during an audit of Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems that was launched after a door plug flew off a 737 MAX 9 at 16,000 feet on Jan. 5.

The agency did not release its findings to the public, but a presentation detailing the results reviewed by the New York Times reveals a troubling and inconsistent manufacturing process.

Boeing failed 33 out of 89 product audits — a review of specific aspects in the production line — with a total of 97 counts of alleged noncompliance, the auditors found, according to the newspaper.Spirit AeroSystems, which makes the body of the 737 MAX jets, failed seven out of 13 product audits conducted by the FAA, the publication reported.One of its failures dealt with the installation of the plane’s door plug.

Some of the most shocking details from the presentation happened at Spirit AeroSytems’ fuselage manufacturing plant in Wichita, Kansas.

Spirit AeroSystems, which makes the body of the 737 MAX jets, failed seven out of 13 product audits conducted by the FAA, the publication reported.One of its failures dealt with the installation of the plane’s door plug.


FAA auditors spotted mechanics from the company using a hotel key card to check the seal on a door in one instance and witnessed other Spirit mechanics applying Dawn liquid soap to a door seal “as a lubricant in the fit-up process,” the Times reported.In the latter incident, the mechanics used wet cheesecloth to wipe away the dish soap and clean the door seal.

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Disney should buy Boeing

Also DOJ investigating death of whistle-blower who was in the midst of testifying, found dead in his car in the car park at Motel he was staying. Tad suspicious one might say.