But as Dorsey worked on the Boeing 777 and 787 Dreamliner across the 1990s and 2000s as more manufacturing was outsourced, he said things began to unravel, leading to “chaos” filtering down the chain of command and “substandard work” being accepted.
But in 1997, Dorsey said that upper management was thrown into disarray upon Boeing’s merger with McDonnell Douglas, a major American aerospace and defense company before the acquisition.
A broad swathe of leadership ranks were filled by McDonnell Douglas veterans – not Boeing executives – many of whom had backgrounds in finance rather than engineering.
Boeing killed John Barnett
We don’t know that for sure, but it’s pretty likely.
I think there is a lot of probable cause and events that suggest profoundly that he did not take his own life. For example, he blew the whistle and was not done testifying. He had another round after that and had it scheduled. He wasn’t in for a penny, he put down the pound up front. I can’t think of any reason he would stop half way…
Now, was it an executive decision, or just a stockholder worried about their cash flow. Who knows. But if I was an investor, I’d look at Boeing first. But, we know how it goes. Barnett wasn’t rich, so there was no manhunt.