New Boeing Whistleblower Comes Forward Ahead Of CEO’s Testimony

A Boeing quality assurance inspector has come forward with serious new allegations against the airline giant shortly before its chief executive is scheduled to testify before the Senate.

Sam Mohawk has accused Boeing of systemically mishandling and losing hundreds of damaged or defective parts at its plant in Washington, likely leading to their improper and dangerous installation on 737 Max airplanes, according to a complaint filed with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Mohawk’s report was filed last week and publicly released Tuesday by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, according to a statement from the subcommittee’s chairman, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). Mohawk shared his concerns with the subcommittee last month.

The subcommittee is scheduled to question Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun on Tuesday afternoon about the company’s safety practices.

In his OSHA report, Mohawk claims his supervisors instructed him to conceal evidence of wrongdoing from the Federal Aviation Administration at Boeing’s Renton plant. This allegedly included workers’ improper outdoor storage of airplane parts that were instructed to be largely hidden during an FAA visit in June 2023.

“Since then, those parts that were hidden from the FAA inspection have been moved back to the outside area or lost completely,” Mohawk’s report states.

Mohawk said he requested additional storage space and staffing to handle the parts but was told by his supervisors that the finance department denied the request.

According to Mohawk, when he spoke to management about his concerns and warned that the issue could lead to penalties with the FAA, he was given a written warning for “unacceptable/disruptive behavior or