'Have You Directly Spoken To Any Of The Whistleblowers?': Ron Johnson Presses Boeing's CEO 

"No, we have had our contract killers unalive them already."

As Boeing whistleblower, I reported defects on 737Max and 777x flight controls to Federal Court in December 2016. I described defects and how our top manager allowed the defects into service. My termination notice was delivered to my home on 2016 Christmas Eve late afternoon. OSHA did not find my termination to be a retaliation. FAA investigated and did not find defects. After two Boeing airplanes crushed in 2018 due to flight control defects my former coworkers told me how that top manager was escorted from his work place. But I reported different defects, not the defects that caused the 2 crashes. My defects resulted different crashes similar to Alaska Air. I assume nobody fixed the defects I reported. I am sure there are other defects that engineers just did not report because of the existing management system. Statistically, only one out of 100 engineers would confront the system. This means that the current number of defects on Boeing airplanes in service = number of reported defects * 100. This video shows me how politicians make themselves reelected. Nobody is targeting the root cause of the defects making it into service. The root cause, in my opinion, is modern management system when MBAs command engineers how things have to be done. I have reported to Federal Court that the management system has failed. Need to fix the management system. Replacing Boeing CEO will not solve it. Good first step, in my opinion, would be to offer jobs back for all the terminated whistleblowers like myself. Most of us do not want that job anymore because we moved on as you can see on my RU-vid. Inspired by termination I have built my own device to fly on water.

It's amazing how when they're in the spotlight they act like normal human beings yet behind the scenes they don't care one bit about any one of us.

This man is answering either that he is not aware, or downright lying or he's blaming other entities and he's also blaming COVID! It is sad that a man with so much responsibility and gets paid astronomically can sit in front of the Senate and get away with this. Sickening

My father worked in Seattle for one of the sub-contractors on the 787 project in the early 2000's, and he would tell me how Boeing was purging their technical/engineering staff.

Ethics hotline has been in use for decades, with no effect, don't ask me how I know!

I don’t feel any better about flying. 😅

When asked a question….you beat around the bush …😏👏

Today is the first reported day in which the same problem is happening in our system and the others who have been ready for it to be able to make it seem like it was wrong

Safe airplanes..?..wtf?

Pilots have a checklist to fly a plane / use a checklist to build a plane (calhoun must go today )

Wish we had more like Sens. Johnson, Cruz, Grassley, and their kind. I heard that AOC gave her heart to Jesus Christ. Congrats, AOC. BEC

Safety is King, quality is Queen, and schedule is God!

If he has given up 10 of those millions and hired the best employees, there wouldn’t be any issues hiring good employees

The senator knows he’s can’t come up with his own compelling excuses so he laid it out for him word for word.

This CEO is clueless and probably why he’s in this position. Ignorance is bliss, but let’s pay him $32M per year.

I dont feel unsafe on boeing planes. I was on the alaska plane the day before the plug blew out. Ontario to Seattle. I'm not uneasy flying any boeing planes. Give the guy a break

I had a boss that was, lazy, constantly delegating, plotting to terminate employees and just creating a hostile, toxic culture. These types are more common than you think. No empathy, completely self centered and self absorbed. They are worthless and do serious damage. Most hiring managers get confidence mixed up with competence. That's where it all starts

Can’t keep a workforce because you got rid of pensions etc people will bounce around. And that senator gave him the perfect out from covoid. Stop subcontracting everything on your plane out

The space boeing program needs some oversight.

Has Calhoun ever explained why whistleblowers are either fired or moved sideways?

What does Boeing have to do to rescue its reputation? This looks so bad for them i cant see a way back for a very long time.

He has no idea what a just culture is, and it's pathetic that he hasnt spoken to the whistle blowers.

1:54 that guy has no idea how a plane is made. You can see in his eyes his is completely lost. 32000000 dollars a year is 2 666 000 dollars per month. Wow let me be Boeing’s CEO for a month, I am sure I could do a better job than him just by asking the right questions!

Very disappointing. Calhoun should have had the whistleblowers flown over to their Chicago ivory tower on Airbus aircraft. Meeting with the whistleblowers should have been Calhoun's first priority; these may be the straightest straight shooters in the company and are probably their biggest assets alongside the engineers and products. None in the C-Suite should be making more than the lowest paid engineer. All that money paid to executives and stockholders during the time of the fraud should be clawed back.

Calhoun you've got big problems. I'm sure many started before you took over. However, the buck stops with you. I will say as far as CEOs testifying before congress you do seem to be more sincere in your responses. Arrogance is not on display here.

There is a feeling that whistle blowers are always right. Fact being that often they are disgruntled employees just expressing their inability to accept appropriate request. Most common is they were passed over for a promotion.

There he is!...evil in the flesh, take a good look people lol..

This senator doesn’t know how to ask a question.

Boeing CEO to whistleblower: "What would you like on your tombstone?"

Have you talked to the whistleblowers? Unfortunately not because I was told all of them have passed away.

I would imagine the whistleblowers are receiving a lot of pressure on their jobs! They say they can’t do that but they do it everyday 🤬

Are their any whistleblowers left alive?

Why does senator Johnson need to suggest that the ceo speak directly to the whistle blowers!! Seems like common sense to me.

He should talk to the whistle-blower only at a neutral place and with a mediator. Possibly outside security

He seems lazy, so high in his ivory tower, protected by all the go-betweens.

Why is there a need to review the policy of transparency? Shouldn't that be a given in their position?

When I was little I wanted to dance and sing like Madonna and Patsy Cline

The boeing mafia!!

❤❤❤❤AIRBUS!! Buy European Airbus!!! Boeing is now fu@$!!!!

This is just a part of the crap legacy that Jack Welch left behind. Jim McNerney was one of Jack Welch's top protégés at General Electric and a finalist to replace the retiring Welch as CEO became CEO of Boeing for 10 years, now Dave Calhoun. Don't forget Jeff Immelt and his mismanagement of GE..

They made 80% of their employees the shot now they probably have brain fog…

why is this Rabbit in the Spotlight paid $33M ?

Fly the friendly skies

2 whistlers are gone. Don’t know nothing bout nothing.

The problem with manufacturing is not very many people want to work 70 hours a week, especially when there is mismanagement at every level.

Bom dia a todos!

Always his term but he does not know and he did not do anything himself. Just collect 33million USD

classic republican talking point, bashing DEI as though its affecting safety and quality of a failing aviation corporation piling cash on its exec's to cut every corner possible in order to make more profit.

just spare a thought of how bad it could be if Boeing weren't laser focused on safety. see you back here for the findings of the southwest 737Max uncommanded Dutch roll.

3:00 Show me how you measure me and I'll show you how I'll act. 5:30~ The company has lost beyond a critical mass of experience.

Senator Ron Johnson seems to be an ok guy. I believe there was a message on the phone about a sit in if you were at home. I was not. I think they do that sometimes.

Leave it to Ron Johnson to bring the smooth brain to the committee hearing 🤣

This is a perfect example of how men behave in all of corporate

Insightful “speak up” culture at Boeing

I just had this crazy idea that this guy could be lying.

Of course, they have a team the go getem crew.

Incompetence on display.

For the company...proof

Johnson for Senate majority leader