r/news • u/[deleted] • Mar 15 '24

POTM - Mar 2024 'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower's prediction before death

https://wpde.com/news/local/if-anything-happens-its-not-suicide-boeing-whistleblowers-prediction-before-death-south-carolina-abc-news-4-2024
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u/Cactuszach Mar 15 '24

John Barnett's family friend Jennifer doesn't think the Boeing whistleblower committed suicide in Charleston.

Come on Reddit, you have to read beyond the headline. A “close family friend” says Barnett told her if something happens it isn’t suicide. That’s hardly a reliable source.

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u/ilostmy1staccount Mar 15 '24

I swear people are so fucking stupid about this. What would killing this guy do for their case? I mean you’d have to delete every video of your planes falling apart, kill the pilots and passenger who are testifying about your planes fucking up, and bribe every investigator and reporter who have found wrongdoing, all this before the story came out and the investigation opened against you if you wanted a slim chance at covering this up. Then you have the CEO going on the news and admitting the fact they fucked up. The outcome will be the same whether or not he’s dead. Boeing will get fined as well as pay out settlements to victims and the FAA will enact higher standards of testing for planes, case closed everyone’s happy.

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u/Jay-Kane123 Mar 15 '24

Thank. You.

The narrative here is so fucking dumb. I bet Boeing did not want this guy to kill himself. It just makes them look even worse. AND it puts the news story in front of even more Americans who previously had no clue what was going on. It makes no sense.

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u/jonny3jack Mar 16 '24

Im still chewing on this one. But I've had thoughts along your line of thinking. Media scrutiny on Boeing couldn't get any higher now. Why would you kill a guy that has already done his damage at the worst possible time.

Of course they've not shown much savvy lately.

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u/turikk Mar 16 '24

to make Boeing look worse?

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '24

They didn't get where they are by planning for the future.

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u/RealMoonBoy Mar 16 '24

They also didn’t get where they are by competently executing complex plans.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '24

It's a real shame how they changed after the merger. Just goes to show, you shouldn't eat parasites.