Boeing workers still scared to raise safety concerns, say FAA-appointed experts
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The three experts that represented the 24-member panel Wednesday, were:
—Tracy Dillinger, manager for safety culture and human factors at NASA;
—Najmedin Meshkati, a professor in the University of Southern California’s aviation safety and security program; and
—Javier de Luis, a lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s department of aeronautics and astronautics.
For de Luis, the topic of the panel is also personal. His sister, Graziella de Luis Ponce, died in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash.
Speaking Wednesday, de Luis said it seems that Boeing leadership now understands it has to make changes, referencing recent comments Chief Financial Officer Brian West made to investors after the panel blew out in January. At that time, West said there were changes that needed to happen.
“The leadership team got it in the immediate aftermath of Jan. 5,” de Lui said. “I would have thought that they would have gotten it five years ago.”
Following the report’s release in February, Boeing had 90 days to issue a plan to address the results and recommendations. That deadline is set for May 28.
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