Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour tells senate hearing that company took 'manufacturing shortcuts'
Boeing’s global fleet of 787 Dreamliner jets should be grounded for safety checks after manufacturing errors left them structurally unsound, a whistleblower has said.
Engineer Sam Salehpour claimed that a race to speed up production had led to serious problems with the aeroplanes including small gaps between sections of fuselage.
He is calling for the entire fleet of more than 1,000 Dreamliners to be kept on the ground for inspection.
Mr Salehpour told US broadcaster NBC: “The entire fleet worldwide, as far as I’m concerned right now, needs attention. And the attention is, you need to check the gaps and make sure that you don’t have potential for premature failur
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24-hour bodyguard required for this gentleman !
Sounds like a yank to me
@@halfdome4158 uhhhm let me think🤔May be because 1 whistleblower already died and he though he would be the next one? Cause he already received physical threats as he mentioned at the end? And probably he is thinking that it would be too much of a coincidence if he dies as well and he is exposing himself so much that probably they will leave him harmless for the time being?
@@halfdome4158Let’s hope more people come forward.
366 days
@@halfdome4158maybe Americans are stupid
The whole Boeing board should be sacked
go tell them
It's disgraceful they are allowed to resign rather than face repercussions. Corporate greed is destroying our country
It's what built your country
Perhaps they should be offered an exclusive round the world non-stop trip on the boing 787 or 737max as recognition of their services.
@@darkhollow2701 not only resigned, ceo got millions of dollars on the retirement so who cares the safety hahahahaha
Where's the entire testimony? This should be televised for the world to see. One man lost his life over this testimony. This man is a hero!!
@totalbliss1 kzhead.info/sun/fKlpoNuBiYmXlp8/bejne.html
"LIVE: Boeing whistleblower testifies on safety concerns in Senate hearing | ABC News" here on YT
They don't put anything on mainstream they hide so much
Yes. But, it's long time ago, since news were not censored
'This video sums up pretty well. "This Is Hell': Boeing Whistleblower Tells Hawley Planes Aren’t Safe & He’s Being Targeted By Execs"
As a software engineer I find him very inspiring. In our industry as well there's a constant pressure to ship as soon as possible with the least amount of people, to cut corners wherever possible. Deadlines are set without consulting the people who actually know how many steps are required and so on. We need better laws to protect and sustain whistleblowers. We need to put responsible people behind bars.
Sam Salehpour didn't kill himself...
Greed is the one thing that prevents capitalism from succeeding
There are laws protecting whistle blowers... legally Not physically
There are already laws to protect whistleblowers
It's the same with triple A games released nowadays
Someone who was supposed to testify died the day before his testimony, and this gentleman has the guts to come tell his story. Mad respect.
Was murdered*
Guys, use names. John Barnett is the whistleblower who died. Sam Salehpour is the one testifying. Now I need the names of people going to jail. “Names = Accountability”. Don’t say Boeing. “Name the person”.
Absolute respect for this gentleman, we need more brave people amongst us
Sauce?
Well I think that guy popped his own plum, to be fair.
It takes a lot of courage to be a whistleblower at this level. I really admire his morality and sense of responsibility for the lives of people.
He'll be shunned for sure & will defo have zero friends from his previous work-place & despite what is said his name will be blacklisted from similar employment. He's great though in what he's doing!
Rip for the engineer
that used to be more the norm. Now, it's considered exquisite.
I have a feeling he is already retired. Otherwise than that it’s a clear and present danger of getting suicided…🥺
Funny, we studied Whistle blowing in my low-level engineering classes. The textbook was total fear mongering bulls**t, but my professor was based.
Please protect this man.
Somebody please protect this man and get him a ton of body guards. the executives are not going to go down quietly. he may not make it out of the court room.
lmao
Just so everyone knows, this guy won't kill himself.
but their hit will
No, but the inquiry report will say he did.
I commented he may "succumb" to Nat causes. (💜 or kl0t) comment deleted 5 times so far.
For legal reasons, authorities will arrive at his home to see him enjoying life.
That's a matter of paperwork
He sounds completely broken. He needs protection and a new identity. Absolute bravery
In the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave
RIP and GG. This man will go down as a real one for this. His karma will get him a ticket to heaven for this.
Men like this are a rare breed. Integrity is nolonger a virtue.
Hes an old arab loser making up lies for personal gain.
There was another whistleblower, they were assassinated.
Whoever suggested manufacturing shortcut in airplane manufacturing is a murderer - no shortcut on calling that.
After the other whistleblower died before testimony, he still blows the whistle. Wat a brave man. Much respect.
Brave man. Once Boeing was run by men like this - people who make things and take pride. Now its run by people who count things. Dollar bills.
guys who have no idea what they are talking about .. sure
The whole world has turned this way. Dollar first, everything else second!
It'll get worse if trump doesn't do time
@@MichaelWillby. True.
HIs ignorance is overflowing. His line experience is exactly zero.
He should have made it clear at the beginning of his speech that he has no suicidal thoughts or tendancies.
Im sure Boe ing will have documentation made for the assassin to leave with the body.
Last guy did that too.. didn't help him either
That would make him mentally unstable and will question his statement's validity
Love that band
@@anbang4531press x to doubt
This is disturbing. Airplane shortcuts shouldnt even be a term
A very brave engineer. I still remember my university class "Ethics in Technology", which addressed cases like this. Even in simulated cases, it's not easy, I cannot imagine how difficult the engineers real situation is. The engineer will face his team and management in one and another way. The engineer strongly feels that the company benefits are placed above the lives of passengers, and is willing to sacrifice his professional career. A very strong message, and again, very, very brave to come forward.
He may be sacrificing his position at Boeing at the time, but I don't think someone with his skills is sacrificing his career by doing this. Hope he gets to work somewhere with a strong safety oriented organisational culture.
Im an engineer that worked in aerospace and automotive. Not wanting to sign off on these things under intense pressure from management is why i no longer work in engineering. The compensation just isnt worth the stress.
No engineer should be pressured into signing off unsafe products. This defeats the purpose of having engineer's. It's not within the designed specs yet it somehow is approved.
Ethics , well done 👍
Our son is a CNC machinist and worked for companies who made Boeing parts. A lot would leave the shop that were not within tolerance. No one cared.
Respect, dear colleague
Like what?
This is a problem of not having engineers running a company and simply a CEO in place to make shareholders happy.
MBA's
All companies exist to make profit. But what some of these corporate thugs don't realise is that in order to make profit, certain industries have to place safety, well above the company's priority pyramid in order make those profits. Sadly McDonnell Boeing appear to neglect remembering this.
And DEI hires.
Boeing was run by Dennis Muilenburg during this period. He’s an engineer. Nice story though.
The issue isn’t engineers or business people running the company. The issue is that a profit oriented company will always try to optimise its processes to generate more profit. And if that company is publicly traded it is so much worse as it constantly has to create shareholder value which is such a dangerous and toxic environment. Especially for a company whos core value should be safety.
Sack the board who allowed the CEO to take such overarching risks to put passenger safety on the line. Give this man a president's medal already.
The board already had someone assassinated
And this is exactly why Engineers are important ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
More Boeing employees should come forward. Get it off your back.
The last one got murdered on his doorstep for that lol
@@unowno123 Yes, but before that, the culture murdered 346 people in two crashes.
@@plurplursen7172 Getting unalived for speaking out seems like a rather reasonable motivation for not speaking out.
@@Neojhun that didnt happen
I wouldn't recommend this, public outrage might spark a bad scenario because boeing felt the company had to do "the right thing". Its gonna be a tragic day when they all get hit at the same time...
Criminal charges for the ENTIRE board, entire executive suite, and upper management. These people should be behind bars, every single one of them!
Automatic reaction is understandable. How has that worked so far in the political arena? FIRST remove board stock option investments, future pensions, THEN proceed. All these aholes are doing wrong in pursuit of $$$.
It’ll never happen. Boeing has contracts with the US military.
And all stock holders too
Well not me. I just got hired into Boeing with the goal of turning this around
Boeing is good y'all mad And broke
This Gentleman should be given a Gold Medal.
Same thing with any design engineering profession. I am a structural engineer and many times we are under pressure to take "some risk" to reduce cost and tight time schedules.
Imagine putting so many lives in danger knowingly and never having to go to jail for it....
Untouchable. No consequences.
Our Government protects Money as a primary function, human safety comes in at a distant second. 😢
Politicians........
Small hat goblins
Now multiply this by a degree of magnitude to understand what Peter Daszak and Fauci are responsible for.
A very brave engineer. This guy deserves a ton of respect for standing up to Boeing.
It's unfortunate Boeing has trained assasins working for them, like most large corporations to cover things up.
@@Box545x39 I don't think they can get away the second time now, they're screwed
He's a liar doesn't know what he's talking about
@@phoneticalballsack ok "phonetical ballsack"
I’m extremely grateful that after the first whistleblower was silenced, this man has had the courage to come forward. We need more courageous, honest people in places of power like this.
God bless this man for taking the leap of faith and doing the right thing! he didn't need to!
Protect this man
It's too late, he applied for a position at boeing and they're taking it back with his last breath as icing on the cake...
Why he has 2A just like I do amigo.😊
For throwing his company under the bus? Maybe India payed him. Haha
@@robertmendola333clueless the company threw itself under the bus by not even complying with their own regulations.
@@-Shadow__Rider- sure
Protect this man, his family, and closest friends with max security. He's saving lives by risking his job and his life.
I wish to add, this gentleman sounds genuine in his belief ! After all the system is and should be comprised of checks and balances, he most defenatly should have a voice listened to !
As a healthcare worker some of these hospitals ceos are doing the same with staffing
My full respect to this man. Especially when other whistle-blowers have mysteriously died, days before giving evidence.
Whistle blower"s"? I though only one
how many? who elese?
One is too many. @@jeetenzhurlollz8387
@@danielmartin7838 what a strange thing to comment. The answer is of course, but as of right now there is a mountain of evidence pointing the other way, and corroborating this man's statements. Oddly hopeful negation. Out of place comment to boot.
@@danielmartin7838 found Boeing's burner account
Please, protect this man. His bravery must not be punished by the greed of a company.
Bravery and HONESTY.
Honesty is always the best policy. This man should be commended. Never compromise your integrity!
My friend who used to work at boeing got fired, he went through an agency, worked hard put in a lot of overtime and hours. The place he had worked at he said to me that the people there were all drama and problems, mostly people in their 40-50s and was afraid that the new people coming in would take over their jobs. So they told the manager that my friend was doing stuff wrong and was talking a lot of drama about him, he was never involved in anything bad, just a hardworking person.He explained to me that he got a call from the agency and they let him go and he was heartbroken. I have not seen him since. 😢😢
Boeing staff were jumping on parts to mash them together. Now THAT is a scary sentence for the next time I fly
Wile E. Coyote vibes 😭☠
The Tarzan method... Holy sh*t, unbelievable
And people say the Chinese make cheap products
@@cryora they do, both are not mutually exclusive
@@osasunaitorjust saw this! Yes they are two unrelated exclusive things of data.
Hopefully he won’t get whacked like the last guy
he will
His life may be in danger!
Your proof the last guy didn’t take his own life?
@@danielmartin7838yes. Who kills themselves in their own car on their way to court agaisnt Boeing after telling his friends "if I kill myself, it wasnt me" i feel like thats a pretty good reason.
@@RivalHades-mk1xlThat's exactly how a suicidal person would throw suspicion on the company he blames.
Not all hero’s wear capes. Please protect this man. I hope the government and Boeing realizes they have a responsibility to now ensure every single 787 is checked for safety and fixed where needed. 98.7 stat on misalignment is startling
This man just described the entire history of aerospace engineering. Every time the shuttle blasted off There were a 100 engineering concerns. Many of which were ranked as critical.
Your argument is silly. Should a space shuttle have the same risk factors as a comercial airliner?
Except the difference is that there are professional astronauts on board the shuttle, and not my entire family on the way to Disney World.
60 years ago, Eisenhower warned the country to guard against the military industrial complex. Unfortunately, his words fell on deaf ears, and today the average American is arduously pro-military, allowing defense contractors like Boeing to operate without due regard for the safety of Americans, all in the name of maximising profitability.
Spot on mate
Good ol' Ike, the last republican that didn't leave our economy in shambles.
His words did not fall on deaf ears. The rich people listened closely to what he said and did everything in their power to ensure the very thing he warned against would come into the world because they are the ones that benefit from it at the expense of everyone else.
The fact that Eisenhower was himself a very prominent soldier before becoming president makes me wonder why he said this.
@@abdul-kabiralegbe5660probably because he had first hand experience seeing how it could be manipulated and turned against the people
Put all the directors in prison!
Make them fly their scrap until failure.
Get them to fly Boeing
@@markdoyle3762 LMAOO
impossible. Courts and Police are there to protect the rich, not to process them. most likely they will assist Boeing Directors to get rid of him as well, like they did for the last guy.
No, they will get 5 million $ more this year👌
I just love these kind of people who can put any thing onto the line just for the principle.
I'm honestly shocked that he's still alive. Kudos to him for having the courage to come forward 💪
Finally someone who gives actual measurable details about quality control, if it’s out of spec it’s out of spec end of story.
Exactly. This isnt a joke when it comes to airplanes. Peoples lives at risk. I never been to afraid of flying but also not to fond of it. But Damn imagine your end being in a plane crashing to the ground. Massive scary
"Mission failed. We'll get him next time!" - somewhere in Boeing
Underrated comment 😂
I hate myself for upvoting this comment, but it’s probably bang in.
This is without doubt one of the most damning statements about Boeing and their culture.
He is a brave man to come forward. He needs support from us all!
Remember what John Barnett said before he was "killed" He told family and friends never to get on a 787 aircraft......
When people speak truth they are called whistleblowers and become enemy no.1. Good luck sir. Much respect.
And conspiracy theorists.
@@pr0newbieA whistleblower and a conspiracy theorist are two different things. Whistleblower is a legal term and the person is making claims based on facts not opinion.
Because they're blowing the whistle, i.e., alerting people.
As an up and coming pilot, I promise to not step into a single Boeing cockpit, until I see the entire service history from factory to finish💯
It takes a lot of courage. What this man does can save many lives. I wish he’s safe and the measures are taken to fix the planes
Very brave man - as we all know Boeing had the other retired whistleblower murdered.
probably not boeing but cia, to protect american interests.
idk man, this guy looks rather mentally unstable and suicidal to me
was he *actually* assassinated though?
@@Malgoose51 we will never know
💯😓
I just came back from a holiday to Japan, after seeing this i checked my booking and the flight from Vienna to Tokyo was a 777.. suddenly feel grateful to be here
A man with immense strength, courage and conscience. He must be protected at all cost.
This man is not suicidal...
I'm sure it must have been a difficult decision to testify truthfully about Boeing at the congressional investigation hearing. However, doing the right thing is never easy. It's disheartening to think that out of Boeing's 170,000 diverse, talented, and innovative workforce, only one person had the strength of character and virtue to come forward.
Nope…2 men.
Well they killed the other one
I think a bunch of us in the comments supporting this guy and cheering him on, if put in the same position might not actually have the courage to do as he did. A bunch of us might even go as far as going against him to keep our position in the company. Sad reality
This man is honest and values his work. I love this man!
Guy's a hero x2 the typical hero because of how much he sacrificed being an emigrant from a tough background
It’s not just the airline makers doing this. Class I railroads are also cutting/gutting a lot of inspections recently. Locomotives are being made to run well passed annual maintenance inspections, electricians have been taken off the typically refueling SFS inspections and machinists are set to be removed sometime in the near future to. The standard practice was ensuring the fleet of locomotives were maintained for daily use, now it’s run everything until it breaks and try and find something else. Cars are being left in yards for longer periods, freight shipments are stalling, it’s set to get so much worse here soon.
I swear this lack of quality control is common practice in the world today. All airlines should be scrutinized heavily right now.
Some companies in the world should not be publicly listed for shareholder profit.
yes they should, it is a perfect example that greed ruins the stock price and safety + quality are good for the stock
No company cuts safety corners to boost shareholder profit. Give me a break. How’s that working out for Boeing?
@@lasersailor6684 🤣
How is this profiting shareholders? The problem seems to be short term thinking by management (which have historically lead to imprisonment in some cases, which in turn hopefully send a signal to other managers that they do have responsibilities)
@@C4rb0neumit's the shareholders fault as they demand ever higher profits, and management couldn't find a way to get higher profits other than to cut corners
Brave men get no recognition nowadays. This is a brave man right here and we should all appreciate him puttinf his life and familiy in this situaion because he chose to do the right thing
BOEING decision makers on this need to go to jail, NOW. Management should be gutted and overhauled.
I salute to this man for speaking up! He put his salary aside for humanity knowing the risks of what would happen next….this is a true hero.
Praying for this amazing gentleman's safety. Those wicked people stop at nothing
Yes, prayed for him as well. Hebrews 4:13 Ecclesiastes 12:14 Sadly, Psalm 52 seems to apply to more and more in important places of employment.
These MBAs are like termites
All the Stanfords, Harvards are educating parasites like those bean counter MBAs
At least termites chew up old felled wood - the MBA's chew up whole companies.
All MBA's are. Too stupid to study engineering and yet managing crucial technical decisions.
❤such a pillar of honesty, integrety and decency
This man has saved lives. Remember this.
I hope this guy doesn’t get unalived. 😮
It's RIP and GG for him, boeing doesn't play games.
He's done
Boeing literally makes weapons
Not just the public and customers. But the pilots and air hostesses/staff should all go on strike and not set foot on any of these planes.
This guy deserves so much credit for speaking up.
We need more people in industry to be brave like this guy. Glad it's coming out, but what will or can be done about it?
Thankyou sincerely Mr Sam Salehpour. A very Brave man, a man With a conscience. Get a jury to the manufacturing plant, for the final inspection of the Aircraft. Prove beyond reasonable doubt, that the bloody thing is safe to fly as a passenger liner before the final delivery is made!
It all started in 1997 with the merger of McDonnell Douglas. Their CEO became Boeing's CEO. He was someone who literally only cared about the bottom line and forced a company who's workers took pride in their work to cut many corners.
As the saying goes : MD bought Boeing with Boeing's money.
Every American company is like that now… 😂
And anyone who isn't convinced, invite them to watch the segment that John Oliver did on Boeing on his Last Week Tonight show. The full episode can be found on YT. Watching that was like a proverbial bucket of ice water down the neck, "sobering" didn't quite cut it.
Why TF would anyone purchase a failing company and make their guy the CEO??? WTF kind of complete stupidity is that?
@@davidfaustino4476If something a large company does seems entirely illogical, then usually there is corruption or bribery involved.
Oh thank God for this brave and honest man. He needs a bodyguard.
Praying for his safety! God bless him and family!
He should become the new CEO. A man with conscious and sense of responsibility!
lol that's cute but not enough to run a company
@@Slaat1 also, with ''conscience'', not with ''conscious''.
I hope he don't disappear. May God protect him
Boeing needs to be held criminally accountable. What's Buttigieg going to do about this!?
I admire him!!!! He is in my prayers and meditations for his safety!
Devastating testimony. Recalls Erin Brockovich (PG&E leaking chromium 6 causing illnesses), Peter Buxtun (US Public Health's Tuskegee Syphilis Study), Jeffrey Wigand (Tobacco executive exposed manipulation of nicotine to increase addiction to smoking).
I agree, but it won’t become that big because our minds are already inundated with nearly constant “devastating” information. We are literally involved with a peer to peer shooting war in Ukraine between NATO and Russia (European front), while simultaneously jockeying for strategic advantages in the Pacific in anticipation of war with China. In Europe, the lynchpin is oil and gas pipelines, and demographic collapse of Russia. In the Pacific, it’s Taiwanese semiconductor production and rare earth minerals in the Pacific. And amidst it all, another powder keg between Israel and Iran, with anti-Israeli countries using oil as leverage against Israel’s supporters. And all of that is only a blink of time after a major global pandemic that was literally widely believed to have been man-made. I could go on and on, but my point is that no one would have cared about Watergate or a Tuskegee or a PG&E if a Watergate, Tuskegee, or PG&E happened every week. It seems like that’s what we get now. Another war, another scandal, another company killing people for money, another future pandemic.
Respect to this man for speaking out when it is right. I hope this issue gets the support it needs.
So much respect for this brave gentleman. He might have saved hundred people´s lives. And I can bet his life after speaking up has become a nightmare.
This man is not suicidal
This is why we do need whistle blowers. They serve a purpose :)
No they expose the government and companies they reduce profitability and reputation and need put to jail
yep and whats wild is that some people believe the government should be immune to whistle blowers as if the government (of all entities) deserves an exemption.
@@backtoschool9760sure but isn't the current context a private entity? What's even the point of bringing up the government thing?
@@Learn.DontBeAFool. The governement is Boeing's and other rich corporation's b....
@@backtoschool9760the government is run by companies like Boeing, not the other way around
there is no way i would ever get on a boeing plane after all of this
Boeing makes most planes?
Compare the number of Boeing planes in the air for the last fifty years, the total flight hours and hold that next to the number of accidents which were due to negligence (not part failures due to wear and tear) but due to the company itself putting a plane in the air that they knew wasn’t safe
Exactly!! How are they still flying them right now?! They need to halt ALL FLIGHTS until investigation is finished.
Great, all the more shoulder room for me.
Airbus for me
Thanks for speaking up
Any real aircraft manufacturer should be honored to have someone of his attentiveness working for them
The fact that this is the environment after MCAS means they cannot stay in business.
what about a bailout?
too big to fail, american tax payers will keep it alive, no matter the cost.
Will 100% stay in business.
@@moos5221then they should own it
Boeing will always stay in business because they will rule the skies.
“ I received physical threats " !?
Fake
This poor man. What bravery
@@joeysworldsewer Bootlicker
Weird cut
@@joeysworldsewertf kinda bootlicking is this lmao
God bless this man and all those who come forward.
Keep this man safe! 🙏🏼
Corporate overlords and shareholders will not learn when fines and judgments are just expenses for the cost of doing business. Throughout history, companies like this stay profitable while eroding public safety and overall well-being for the people.
it’s terrifying to know how many flights i’ve been on (both 787 and 737) without knowing there were shortcuts taken during the building of the plane i was so ignorantly flying on… sadder more, i have no other options to fly than to board a boeing aircraft
Yes, he mentioned 787 and 777, and I just flew twice recently on a 777.
tarzan effect 🫠
or ya know. Stop flying altogether. Sorry I'm poor and don't understand how people cannot just refuse to fly.
@@stereo-soulsoundsystem5070 I'm not sure how I would go on a business trip across the US....unless I take days to drive there, which doesn't make sense for any business trip.
Have any of them crashed or suffered any incident? I highly doubt this guy's claims that the 787 would break apart in midair. Since the 787 has flown for millions of miles and hasn't suffered a single crash so far.
Protect this man at all costs. His life is in tremendous danger.
What a courageous man Sam is! Praying for him and his family!
Ironically, "Salehpour" in Farsi means "Pious Son." Very appropriate.
More accurately, it means, "son of a pious person." (I'm Iranian.) 😊
@@s.susanmarandi9080 Thanks! That's really good to know. Frankly, I should have known that because Malekpour means "Son of the king," right? I had a friend with that name in military school, just before the Revolution. Merci! 😃
Subhan Allaah. May Allah increase him in piety and guide him to every good.
@@ummadam9608Shut up.
Thats not irony.
This is the same as car windshields that have not been properly annealed to eliminate built in stress. It costs money to anneal car windshields with enough heat and time to relax the internal stress. A cheap car windshield looks the same but the internal stress makes it susceptible to break from a small stone hitting it.
It’s not, it’s literally not the same. Aside from being the same type of fraud executed by all industries and government.
Respect to this man. Save this video, he probably wont be able to speak up anymore soon sadly...
Society must protect this man, he’s trying to protect all of us