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John Barnett spent more than 30 years working for Boeing.

First in the company's Everett Washington, and then at Boeing's facility in Charleston, South Carolina.

Barnett was a quality manager.

His job was to inspect newly built planes, make sure they were assembled properly.

Early in January, this year, when that door plug ripped off midair from an Alaska Airlines flight that Boeing 737 Max.

Barnett spoke with T.M. Z. just days after the incident.

One, this is not a 737 problem. It's a Boeing problem.

So what we're seeing with the door plug blow out is what I've seen with the rest of the airplane as far as jobs not being completed properly. of Barnett said for most of his career he used to love working for Boeing.

That changed when he moved to the Charleston plant.

He said he saw a disturbing lack of safety, a culture of cutting corners. He spoke to the New York Times in 2019. You know as a

quality manager at Boeing you're the last line of defense before a defect makes it out to the flying public.

So as a quality manager being the last line of defense, that's a huge responsibility.

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