Comment by BowBun
2 years ago
Besides on non-serious forums, I haven't seen people seriously propose this (this being anything nefarious like Boeing actually trying to take him out) with any evidence. The sentiment on HN from what I've seen is that we believe he killed himself due to the harassment and hostile work environment enabled and encouraged by Boeing leadership. They should be held responsible via existing laws around protecting whistleblowers.
> Besides on non-serious forums, I haven't seen people seriously propose this (this being anything nefarious like Boeing actually trying to take him out) with any evidence.
If he was murdered rather than having killed himself, you wouldn't find the evidence in forum posts.
Emotionally, it seems hard for me to believe that the Boeing leadership would be part of something criminal. And yet, the timing is weird.
This dude hasn’t been employed by Boeing for some years. He was part of a Netflix documentary made about it. I don’t think the public took him seriously until people died, and there were multiple safety incidents.
It would be interesting to see what the police report about this was. How long has he owned that gun? From what angle the that bullet come from? Were there any drugs still in his system? Any witnesses at the time of the shooting?
If it was suicide, surely there are evidence that it is suicide and other evidence disproving that he was murdered.
You don't need to pull the trigger. You just do everything in your power to make their life unlivable.
They take care of the rest.
This is why whistleblower laws have to be strong and be enforced very swiftly.
While that can be true, there would still be evidence supporting that, besides making things unlivable. My questions still stands -- what were the circumstances around the gun shot? How long has he owned that gun? How exactly did it happen?
Isn't it worth checking?
>Boeing leadership would be part of something criminal
They are definitely part of something criminal, not murder but the whole mess and the resulting deaths are a criminal act.
Maybe people manage to segment off what it means to be a defence contractor in their own heads. But I figure if you produce and sell the means of killing people, you would be fine with killing people.
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what if his whistle was just the tip of the iceberg mate. What if there are other whistles prepping to blow which will unleash a barrage of global lawsuits which would break boeing and diminish us air manufacturing superiority. That would be a hell of an incentive wouldn't it? Make an example of this whistle.. all other whistles go silent!!