John Barnett was supposed to answer questions on Saturday as part of a deposition he’d been giving earlier last week related to a legal dispute with his former employer Boeing—which has been dogged by safety concerns, some of which he had raised. But he didn’t show up.
When his legal team called him repeatedly to no avail, they eventually asked the hotel he was staying at to check in on him. That’s when Barnett was found dead in his truck in the parking lot.*Barnett, who was based in Louisiana, was in South Carolina to offer evidence for legal proceedings linked to a defamation lawsuit against Boeing, which he claimed deliberately hurt his career and reputation because of allegations he’d made of grave safety breaches on the aircraft company’s production line.*The 62-year-old, who had worked at Boeing for over three decades as a quality control engineer and manager until his retirement in 2017, has for the past few years been outspoken about his skepticism of the company’s safety standards, which have come under*heightened scrutiny*in recent months amid a series of high-profile malfunctions on Boeing planes.*
COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC ABOOUT THIS INCIDENT: GOOD ONES
Interesting that he was Killed when he was supposed to depose Boeing for it's safety unconcerns.*That's the usual time whistleblowers die "unexpectedly" or by "suicide."
When his legal team called him repeatedly to no avail, they eventually asked the hotel he was staying at to check in on him. That’s when Barnett was found dead in his truck in the parking lot.*Barnett, who was based in Louisiana, was in South Carolina to offer evidence for legal proceedings linked to a defamation lawsuit against Boeing, which he claimed deliberately hurt his career and reputation because of allegations he’d made of grave safety breaches on the aircraft company’s production line.*The 62-year-old, who had worked at Boeing for over three decades as a quality control engineer and manager until his retirement in 2017, has for the past few years been outspoken about his skepticism of the company’s safety standards, which have come under*heightened scrutiny*in recent months amid a series of high-profile malfunctions on Boeing planes.*
COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC ABOOUT THIS INCIDENT: GOOD ONES
Interesting that he was Killed when he was supposed to depose Boeing for it's safety unconcerns.*That's the usual time whistleblowers die "unexpectedly" or by "suicide."
