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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fa2248ffff0a925f7e4bbb8c138664c5" style="color:#2a1f1f;font-size:14px"><strong>Family of Boeing whistleblower who accused<strong> his employer of not documenting and fixing problems</strong> say pressure by aircraft manufacturer led to his suicide </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5c63f17c5d4823df1018a12b65358c47" style="color:#2a1f1f;font-size:14px"><strong>John Barnett, 62, was found dead inside his truck outside a Holiday Inn in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 9, 2024, leaving a suicide note </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7c6649c4ad046176b07a62e35b65a7d6" style="color:#2a1f1f;font-size:14px"><strong>Barnett, a quality manager, worked at Boeing for 32 years before retiring in 2017 </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6627403035a5d5056b19613ceb2d9d7d" style="color:#2a1f1f;font-size:14px"><strong>In 2019, he went public with his allegations against the company, claiming under-pressure workers were deliberately fitting sub-standard parts to aircraft on the assembly line </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-19541c819c2821e6ece24c65dd4eae35" style="color:#2a1f1f;font-size:14px"><strong>Barnett was in the middle of his deposition, having filed a lawsuit against Boeing &#8211; in his suicide note he wrote &#8216;f**k Boeing&#8217;</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a820b3e0b55c6a8f3bfc88f7a9e01383" style="color:#2a1f1f;font-size:14px"><strong>His family filed a wrongful death suit, alleging Boeing harassed and intimidated their former employee after he raised concerns about safety measures </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6f8f40da28b408e14dd4ceaec50ec1ee" style="color:#2a1f1f;font-size:14px"><strong>Barnett in his complaint, raised the issue of Boeing&#8217;s &#8216;deep-rooted and persistent culture of concealment&#8217; multiple times to his superior. </strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>John Barnett, [photo], a 32-year veteran of production at Boeing, was found dead inside his truck outside a Holiday Inn in Charleston, South Carolina, in March 2024, was about to face deposition over his allegations of dangerous production shortcomings when he died </strong></p>



<p>The family of a Boeing whistleblower who was found dead in his truck after taking his own life has filed a lawsuit against the aircraft manufacturer claiming they pushed their loved one to his tragic end. <br>Long-term quality control engineer at Boeing, <a href="https://konniemoments.com/2024/05/02/another-boeing-whistle-blower-dead-joshua-dean-45-who-accused-supplier-of-ignoring-safety-flaws-in-737-max-production-dies-suddenly-two-months-after-former-quality-control-manager-john-barnett-s/">John “Mitch” Barnett, was found dead inside his truck</a> outside a Holiday Inn in Charleston, South Carolina, in March 2024. <br>Barnett, 62, was due to testify against Boeing in a suit he brought against the airline, and in his suicide note he wrote &#8216;f**k Boeing.&#8217;<br>The quality engineer was employed at Boeing for 32 years, before retiring as a quality control manager in 2017. Two years after retirement, Barnett went public with his allegations against the company, claiming under-pressure workers were deliberately fitting sub-standard parts to aircraft on the assembly line.<br>In the wake of his &#8216;suicide&#8217;, his family have filed a wrongful death suit in South Carolina, accusing Boeing of harassing and intimidating their former employee after he raised concerns about safety measures.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>&#8216;f*** Boeing&#8217; and &#8216;I pray Boeing pays&#8217; read a note found by Charleston police in Barnett&#8217;s vehicle revealed his frustrations with the company. He also criticized the whistleblowers protection program</strong></p>



<p>The lawsuit claims that Barnett was suffering from PTSD, depression and anxiety as a direct result of the treatment he received from his former employer. That managers isolated Barnett and threatened to &#8216;push you until you break.<br>&#8216;The weight of years of harassment, abuse and humiliation became too much for John to bear, and he took his own life.&#8217;<br>&#8216;Boeing may not have pulled the trigger, but Boeing’s conduct was the clear cause, and the clear foreseeable cause, of John’s death,&#8217; the family said in court documents.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Mishaps with aircraft built by Boeing includes this case from January 2024, when an unused emergency exit door blew off a brand-new Boeing 737 Max shortly after take-off from Portland International</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Barnett who was due to testify against Boeing in a suit he brought against the manufacturer, in his suicide note he wrote &#8216;f**k Boeing&#8217;. The company maintains that it never retaliated against Barnett</strong></p>



<p>Prior to making complaints, Barnett said, he was a &#8216;top performer&#8217; at the Boeing plant in North Charleston. However, low scores on performance reviews can affect an employee&#8217;s prospects of earning a raise or gaining promotion. <br>Barnett said he had raised the issue of Boeing&#8217;s &#8216;deep-rooted and persistent culture of concealment&#8217; multiple times to his superiors. In his complaint, he accused the company of not documenting and fixing problems.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>In retaliation for his complaints about sub-par components Barnett alleged, he was victimized at Boeing with low scores on performance reports, nixing chances for advancement &#8216; </strong></p>



<p>In retaliation for his complaints, Barnett alleged that he was victimized with low scores on performance reports, adding that he was isolated and forbidden from transferring out of South Carolina &#8211; &#8216;treated with scorn and contempt by upper management.&#8217; <br>The Louisiana resident was found on March 9, 2024, in a car outside a Holiday Inn in Charleston, South Carolina. <br>He had driven to Charleston from his home in Louisiana, to testify in the deposition in a federal legal case he&#8217;d opened against Boeing. The deposition had already started, he was due to resume his testimony at 10 am on the day he died. <br>Charleston police said no foul play was suspected. The County Coroner’s Office ruled cause of death to be a ‘self-inflicted gunshot wound.’ </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Barnett [photo], had started his deposition in his allegations against Boeing the day he died. His family claim he was suffering from PTSD, depression and anxiety as a direct result of the treatment he received from his former employer</strong></p>



<p>The lawsuit filed by his mother and two brothers is seeking compensation, back pay and lost future pay and benefits. They&#8217;re also seeking an unspecified sum for emotional distress and legal fees. <br>The aircraft manufacturer who claim employees are encouraged to raise their concerns, maintains that they never retaliated against Barnett and the issues he raised were fixed.<br></p>



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‘Boeing may not have pulled the trigger, but [their] conduct was the clear cause ……of death.’ John Barnett’s family file lawsuit, blame former employer in whistle blower’s suicide
