Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems and one of the first whistleblowers to allege Spirit leadership had ignored manufacturing defects on the 737 MAX, died Tuesday morning after a struggle with a sudden, fast-spreading infection.
Known as Josh, Dean lived in Wichita, Kan., where Spirit is based. He was 45, had been in good health and was noted for having a healthy lifestyle.
He died after two weeks in critical condition, his aunt Carol Parsons said.
I haven’t heard anyone irl talking about Boeing recently, and barely even saw anything online a week after the initial death. While it pisses me off to no end, this incident will blow over just as easily for Boeing.
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If you’re in the US, you have very few non-Boeing options. Especially if you’re trying to pick affordable flights.
Yeah, if anything, I expect people to book whatever flights they were already going to book, and just crack jokes like “I hope I make it!”
Tell me about it. I have multiple work trips scheduledthis coming year all involve flying. Hard to find Airbus.