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2009
- September
  - Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
    09/12/09
    In case you haven't guessed, the title of this blog is from the song lyrics "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who--Indeed, was anyone fooled that this management change at BCA would result in any reform of the corruption and incompetence at BCA? I certainly hope there is no one tha
- July
  - Repost!--New Seattle Times Article Proves My 4/7/09 Blog Right--Unfortunately for Boeing IDS workers--Thousands of Innocent Boeing Defense Workers Will Lose Their Jobs Due to Boeing Management Lawbreaking of the Highest Order
    07/21/09
    Update--Today's Washington Post F-22 denial of funding article portends even more IDS job cuts at Boeing than noted below.
    
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co
    
    Unfortunately, the following 7/14/09 Seattle Times article proves my 4/7/09 blog prescient, despite Boeing PR
- June
  - Boeing is by No Means the Only Company That Has Inspectors Committing Fraud Placing at Risk the Lives of Passengers, Crew, and Our Brave Military Personnel--However, Such Extra-Boeing Company Inspection Fraud is Not Always Backed and Covered Up by Management at Those Companies Like it is at Boeing, Thankfully
    06/02/09
    Kudos to Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding for setting an example for how seriously and appropriately to handle inspectors who rollerstamp inspections without actually doing the inspections.
    
    An inspector was turned in by another inspector for such rollerstamping of weld inspections off on mil
- May
  - A Short Period of Time Passes, and Another Whistleblower Sues Boeing for its Management’s Endemic Whistleblower Retaliation—of Special Interest in this Suit is the View it Provides into Just How Intentionally Compromised “Boeing Ethics” and “Boeing’s Office of Internal Governance" Organizations Are.
    05/22/09
    From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which, thanks to intrepid reporter Andrea James, has made a special effort in tracking the numerous whistleblower lawsuits against Boeing (My comments are in parenthesis within the article text):
    
    http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/archives/168657.asp<
  - Updated!--A Short Period of Time Passes, and Yet More Boeing Management Arms Export Control Violations Come to Light
    05/20/09
    Read the documents at the links below to find out the “latest” violations by Boeing management of the laws meant to protect our national security.
    
    The State Department Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) feels that Boeing has a “serious, systemic, and longstanding” problem with e
  - My Letter to the Last Tanker Procurement Team Posted--Sadly, Nothing has Changed in Boeing Management Since Then
    05/19/09
    As no reforms in Boeing management have taken place since this letter, please use it as a model for your letters to the next procurement team and your Congressional politicians. Just substitute your own experiences with Boeing management fraud for mine. The taxpayer as well as the warfighter need to
- April
  - New!--Thousands of Innocent Boeing Defense Workers Will Lose Their Jobs Due to Boeing Management Lawbreaking of the Highest Order
    04/07/09
    The following is from a comment (minus the political asides) that I entered on The Seattle Times website for the following article on the announcement of DOD proposed cuts in its defense contracting:
    
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/b
    
    This is an interesting story
- February
  - Updated--1. A Small Victory Against Boeing Whistle-Blower Retaliation. 2. But Boeing and Boeing's King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg Interfere With An Investigation of Boeing Complex Fraud of the Highest Order By Interfering With the Release of My Computer to the Authorities That Are Investigating Those Immensely Serious Boeing Crimes. 3. Boeing Intentionally Commits the Same Crime They Falsely Accused Me of Committing--Will They Be Prosecuted Vigorously For That Crime Despite Their Undue Influence Over Prosecutors and the Courts? 4. A Tragic Crash of a 737NG that Kills Nine, Including Three Boeing Employees--A Faulty Altimeter System and A Fatal Omission by Boeing from the Flight Manual Are Identified as Being Chief Factors in the Crash--Could the Crash Also Be Partly Due to the Still Ongoing Fraud at Boeing that I Reported to the Boeing Chief Counsel Long Ago? 5. Plus, Boeing Calls the Truth "Outrageous" on TV. Details Below.
    02/25/09
    Updated 3-4-09, 3:56 PM PST! Please note that this blog covers several important issues that all occurred in close proximity, so this blog will probably end up being my longest by far to date. Putting so many issues in one blog is not ideal, but all of these issues except item 1 are of extreme impor
  - Breaking News--Former Washington State Governor Gary Locke Slated to be Next Commerce Secretary--Another Fox for Corrupt Boeing Management in the "Hen House" of Our New Supposedly Ethical U.S. Government?
    02/23/09
    Wow. Just when you thought things couldn't get much weirder, along comes the Breaking News that Former Washington Governor Gary Locke is the new pick for Commerce Secretary.
    
    I thought that Gary Locke was a good governor. However, he is not without his own baggage. Chief among that
  - Updated--Read My Comments to the FAA on the Proposed Policy Change that Would Allow the 787 to be Less Safe in Lightning Strikes Than is Currently Required if Special Conditions/ Exemptions Boeing has Asked for are Granted
    02/13/09
    Read my comments to the FAA on the proposed policy change that would allow the 787 to be less safe in lightning strikes than is currently required if special conditions/exemptions Boeing has asked for are granted by clicking on the link below:
    
    My Comments to The FAA Concerning the Propos
  - Updated--Seattle Times' Dominic Gates Risks Prison by Writing Article Exposing Boeing/FAA Management Corruption---Article Synopsis: "No, Virginia, it is Not Safe to Fly on the 787, if One Were to Ever Deliver to an Airline, Due to Boeing/FAA Management Corruption
    02/08/09
    Breaking news article of special interest to anyone reading this Blog:
    
    You may have thought that Dominic Gates and The Seattle Times (TST) would have been cowed at this point from writing and publishing rightfully hard hitting news about Boeing/FAA management corruption risking people
  - The New Injustice that Happened in My Case Last Week
    02/04/09
    An appearance of bias is almost as damning as “smoking gun” proof of such bias, especially for those in public office and on the King County Superior Court bench.
    
    As noted in prior blogs, much more than the appearance of bias is at work in Dan Satterberg’s King County Prosecutor’s Office,
  - Satterberg--Washington State’s Blagovich—When will He and His Cronies Be Removed from Their Positions as Well?
    02/02/09
    The removal of Blagovich as Governor of Illinois last week by the Illinois Senate removed perhaps the most corrupt politician in Illinois from office. Certainly it removed the most well known corrupt politician in Illinois from office. Illinois was (and may be still) the state in which “pay to play”
- January
  - Dan Satterberg, King County Prosecutor, Should be Ashamed
    01/27/09
    Yes, Dan Satterberg, King County Prosecutor, and those that worked with him in the prosecution against me, should be ashamed for letting themselves be played like violins by Dan Satterberg’s major campaign contributors, Boeing and law firm Perkins Coie. (A partner at Perkins Coie, perhaps the chief
  - A Time for New Hope
    01/19/09
    Tomorrow, at 12 PM EST, begins a new era in America, and a time for renewed hope that our government will begin to work for all Americans again, and not just for the moneyed elite and corporations for which it was ran in the last eight dark years for accountability and ethics in government.
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  - Good Advice from a Tireless Whistleblower Supporter, G. Florence Scott (GFS), Urging Former or Prospective Whistleblowers and Their Supporters to Write to the Incoming Obama Administration ASAP with Their Views on What Needs to be Done to Empower Whistleblowers
    01/04/09
    I've decided to pass on some very good advice from a great whistleblower supporter, G. Florence Scott (GFS).
    
    GFS is urging that any former or prospective whistleblowers and their supporters write to the incoming Obama Administration ASAP with their views on what needs to be done to
2008
- December
  - Updated!--Two Year Anniversary of Boeing CEO McNerney's Lies in Testimony to Congress Passes
    12/02/08
    Just over two years ago, on August 1st, 2006, Jim McNerney, CEO of Boeing, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) concerning the Boeing Global Settlement Agreement between the Justice Department and Boeing that settled the Boeing Tanker scandal and the Boeing theft and use of co
- September
  - Interesting Email I Sent to the FAA in Mid-2002 When it Looked Like the FAA Would Investigate Boeing Corruption Per My 5/02 Report, But FAA and Boeing Corruption Ultimately Prevailed
    09/15/08
    
    The following email was to Tim Vranna, who at the time was the managing "Senior Aviation Safety Inspector" who worked just under Kevin Mullin, at the time the FAA's Northwest Regional Manufacturing Inspection District Office Manager. "Ms. Lipski," was Vi Lipski, at the
  - Boeing Once Again Shows Its Arrogance in IAM Contract Offer
    09/01/08
    On rare occasions as a Boeing worker, your manager may actually express appreciation for your workgroup as being the company’s “most valuable asset.” The deluded in your group may actually feel your manager is expressing some genuine acknowledgement of the value of your workgroup’s hard work to the
- August
  - More Fallout from Boeing's Whistleblower Retaliation Against Me
    08/21/08
    I apologize to all of you out there who have hoped that I could put the brakes on at least some of the fraud at Boeing that I have documented on this blog, my website, and in other correspondence and you may have witnessed yourself, but dealing with another disaster related to Boeing's not so s
- July
  - Deal with the Devil?
    07/14/08
    As most of you probably know, late last week I entered into an agreement with the King County Prosecutor's office. If I cooperate per the agreement, the reduced charges listed in the agreement will be dismissed in January. Here are the links to the Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer a
  - News Release—No Bounds—Boeing's Powerful Outside Hired Gun Attorney, Perkins Coie's Marc Boman, Uses His Close Friendship with Assistant United States Attorney Carl H. Blackstone to Pressure Blackstone to Prosecute Me in Federal Court, Absent a Case.
    07/09/08
    Note: those getting to this page by coming from the www.thelastinspector.com website will want to skip the following section and begin reading just after the separation line below it if they have already read this intro to my Press Release on my website main page:
    
    This is my first ever P
- June
  - Why are Boeing Employees So Cowed?
    06/05/08
    I recently wondered why such a person as me was thrust into this position--Why was I the only one "brave" enough at Boeing to turn the massive fraud accros the Boeing enterprise in Quality Assurance Management into the FAA?
    
    Why?--I was by no means the best person for that job. S
- May
  - Something New on This Blog--A Guest Editorial (Anonymously Contributed)
    05/15/08
    Assault With Car on Woman Standing in a Parking Space, by Scott
    Peterson, the same King County Prosecutor Who is Trying to Railroad Boeing Whistle-blower, Gerald Eastman, into Jail
    
    The assault with his car on an innocent and vulnerable woman, by King County Senior Deputy Prosecutor
  - Alert From the Project On Government Oversight Supporting their Op-Ed in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    05/12/08
    If you thought the last blog was noteworthy, check out this alert on the Project On Government Oversight's website, which gives facts and data backing up their op-ed in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that showed that Boeing and the FAA knew my report on massive rollerstamping fraud by BCA inspe
  - The Project On Government Oversight's Op-Ed on My Case in the Seatle Post-Intelligencer
    05/08/08
    Here is something new from the Project On Government Oversight, a watchdog organization that has taken an interest in my case and related FAA and industry corruption. This is an op-ed that is in the Seattle Post intelligencer and on their website today:
    
    http://seattlepi.nwsource.c
  - The Wait for Justice Begins
    05/06/08
    For all of you kind supporters out there, there is not much to report from yesterday's court appearance. I didn't even have to appear before the judge. There is a two week continuance until the next hearing, on May 19th. I conferred with my attorney after the hearing, but I can't obvi
- April
  - Case Setting Hearing Delayed Until Next Week Because the Senior Deputy Prosecutor Hurt Himself
    04/30/08
    Updated: Today was to be the case setting hearing for the retrial of me on unfounded charges by Boeing's King County Prosecutor.
    
    However, the Senior Deputy Prosecutor, Scott Peterson, hurt himself over the weekend, so the county asked for a week's delay, which my attorney and I
  - POGO Press Release on Decision by Boeing to Press Unfounded Charges against Me Yet Again
    04/28/08
    I have a court date Wednesday for a case setting hearing for the next trial Boeing and their "pocket prosecutor" will attempt to win against me after their last trial on these obviously fabricated charges failed miserably in a mistrial. Every juror--each of whom knew more about the law and
  - Time to Focus on Ending Fraud at the FAA
    04/13/08
    After some long standing personal distractions from the effort I embarked on in September/October 2003 to seek reforms at the FAA as the primary means to end the fraud I had witnessed at my former employer, I am now free to pursue those reforms again.
    
    My former efforts failed when the FAA
  - A Good Day For Justice
    04/08/08
    As you know by now, the retaliatory trial of me by Boeing and the King County Prosecutor was ended in a mistrial. It was reported to be 10-2 to convict, but I was told that was not an accurate number as no official juror poll was ever taken, and if it was, more jurors would likely sway to my side.
  - The Project On Government Oversight Calls Attention to My Case in Relation to Congressional Hearings on FAA/Airline Corruption. Are Hearings on Boeing/FAA Corruption, per POGO's Suggestions, Next?
    04/06/08
    Here is a blog entry from POGO, the Project on Government Oversight, suggesting hearings on the FAA/Boeing corruption I have proven, in addition to the FAA/Airline corruption Congress is currently investigating. There is also a link in the last paragraph that will take you to a POGO blog just about
  - Yesterday's Deliberations, and a Call to Washington, D.C.
    04/05/08
    Late yesterday, the jury submitted another question to the judge. The judge, her staff, my attorney, me, and the prosecutor convened to discuss how it should be answered.
    
    The question was a three part one, (paraphrasing) 'What, if anything, is the difference between the following:
  - Deliberations Day 4, and the Jury Almost Decides.
    04/04/08
    I just came from a hearing about 30 minutes ago (its 11:54 AM PST) as I am writing this) that almost ended this trial in my favor, if that is defined as not being convicted.
    
    About 10:23 AM the jury sent a note to the judge stating that, "9 jurors have concerns that statements made by
  - Deliberations, Day 3, and Trial by Judge Instead of the Jury.
    04/03/08
    Today is almost the end of day three of deliberations, and I’m liking this jury more and more as time goes on. Not one that considers myself important as opposed to the way the King County Deputy Prosecutor tried to falsely portray me to the jury, their careful deliberations seem to indicate that th
  - Judgment Day 2 is Here, Continued...
    04/02/08
    An interesting thing happened today around 3 PM as the jury deliberated in my case.
    
    I and my attorney were told to stay within a fifteen minute radius as noted in the earlier today blog in case of a verdict or if the jury had a question.
    
    It turns out the jury had a question at
  - Judgement Day 2 is Here.
    04/02/08
    I apologize for not blogging as much as I should have been, especially considering the curious lack of press coverage of my trial.
    
    The Jury is just entering the sixth hour of deliberations on my fate. I don't know if that's good or bad that it seems to be perhaps longer than I
- March
  - Tuesday's Trial Happenings
    03/26/08
    Yesterday, Tuesday, was when the trial of me by misinformation began.
    
    The day didn't start well, as a combination of me leaving later than usual and unbelievably heavy traffic when most people should have already been at work (no, the recession hasn't hit this area yet) resulte
  - Yesterday's Persecution of Me Happenings
    03/25/08
    Not much to report from thr trial by Boeing of me from yesterday, as almost the whole day was spent in jury selection.
    
    I did learn an interesting fact, however, about Vanessa Lee, the lead Boeing Legal Attorney representing and reporting back to Boeing Legal and Boeing executive manageme
  - I Haven’t Rode on the Train in a Long, Long Time.
    03/24/08
    I haven’t traveled by railroad since so long ago I don’t know when it was, but last week I rode uninterrupted all week long on a train in which I was the sole occupant with a destination as predetermined as any scheduled Amtrak service—with this unstoppable train’s destination in effect set to the e
  - Boeing Management Fails its Workers Yet Again
    03/03/08
    Truly sad news Friday. Even I wanted Boeing to win the KC-X competition, if controls were put in place to protect the warfighter and taxpayer from continuing Boeing management fraud.
    
    It is rightly just, then that the stock "tanks" today, after the tanker loss, fittingly negatin
- February
  - Letter Just Sent to Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Sue C. Payton Concerning the KC-X Tanker Contract.
    02/25/08
    
    This letter is self-explanatory in nature. It was my duty to warn the Air Force before they entered into a contract with Boeing:
    
    February 25th, 2008
    
    The Honorable Sue C. Payton
    Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition
    1060 Air Force
  - It’s Now Official: The Boeing/Satterberg Case Against Me Was Retaliation For My Reporting Boeing’s Crimes to (Boeing’s) FAA and “our” Government Officials.
    02/11/08
    As offices opened up on the morning of Tuesday, the 16th of May, 2006, just one day before I was falsely arrested and immediately before Nick Bauer (lead detective in the case), Scott Peterson (King County Deputy Prosecutor assigned to the case), and the Senior Manager of the Corporate Investigatio
- January
  - Boeing Credibility?
    01/16/08
    The public is now learning what I and numerous other people have known for untold years--there are few statements as oxymoronic as "Boeing Credibility".
    
    During the announcement of the third delay of the 787 today, one of Boeing's executives stated that they knew Boeing'
2007
- August
  - Attorneys Who Are Criminals?
    08/23/07
    
    Reminder: Please write to Henry Waxman's House Government Oversight and Reform Committee and your representatives in Congress today! Please see www.thelastinspector.com or my last post to this blog for details!
    
    I wanted to start out by saying a heartfelt "tha
  - Another Forum Post on Boeing/FAA fraud and My Attempt to End It and the Resulting Ramifications..
    08/14/07
    Reminder: Please write to Henry Waxman's House Government Oversight and Reform Committee and your representatives in Congress today! Please see www.thelastinspector.com or my last post to this blog for details!
    
    Today is another post by other members of forums I have visited. Y
  - Interesting Posts From Forums About Me
    08/13/07
    
    Reminder: Please write to Henry Waxman's House Government Oversight and Reform Committee and your representatives in Congress today! Please see www.thelastinspector.com or my last post to this blog for details!
    
    Today I wanted to start to spotlight some quite thoughtful writing
  - Help End Boeing/FAA Fraud--Write to Henry Waxman's Committee Today as I Have Done.
    08/09/07
    Sorry for the delay in posting. "Writer's block" is no stranger to me. I just wanted to point you over to my main web page, www.thelastinspector.com , so you can write in support of an investigation by Henry Waxman's House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the FAA f
- July
  - What is Wrong with the Legal System?
    07/29/07
    You would have to wonder what is wrong with the legal system if you know both all that I know and all the similar stuff that you likely have heard about the subject in the media.
    
    The O.J. trial. U.S. Attorneys fired for charging Republicans with crimes instead of Democrats when the scales
  - Boeing is at It Again
    07/26/07
    Boeing seems to really be at a sweet spot financially right now, and this time is really what the fraud documented on this site is all about, and why Boeing refuses to end it to this day—its all about the money. Remember Boeing’s solely Cost and Schedule driven production process documented elsewher
  - Responsibility
    07/23/07
    Please see my post on 7-18-07 if you might be interested in contributing to my Legal Defense Fund. Thanks. Gerald Eastman, The Last Inspector
    
    Responsibility. An interesting concept. Of course, I am responsible for my own actions just as other people are responsible for theirs. Boeing a
  - A Sad Day, Indeed
    07/20/07
    Please see my post yesterday if you might be interested in contributing to my Legal Defense Fund. Thanks. Gerald Eastman, The Last Inspector
    
    Today (July 19th) was a sad day, indeed. It marked the launch of the Dan Satterberg campaign for King County Prosecutor in a ballroom at the Westi
  - Gerald Eastman (The Last Inspector) Legal Defense Fund Started.
    07/18/07
    The "Gerald Eastman Legal Defense Fund" account was just set up at BECU (Boeing Employee's Credit Union) today. You can now voice your support for me and/or your disgust with Boeing's and the acting King County Prosecutor's decision to try to make me a convicted felon and se
  - Why Can't the Public Get Justice?
    07/17/07
    (Please look at my "advertisement" soliciting a lawyer in my previous blog if you are a lawyer or know of one that might be interested. And on to today's blog):
    
    I admit that I could be considered a biased party in comments on the charges against me, but I will strive for ob
  - Lawyer Needed!
    07/13/07
    As you might imagine, I am currently searching for a lawyer to defend me against these charges, as well as a lawyer or firm willing to bring civil action against The Boeing Company, the FAA, and/or the County. A civil action would not be necessarily related to the charges against me, but to end the
  - Norn Maleng Must Be Rolling Over in His Grave!
    07/13/07
    Norm Maleng must be rolling over in his grave. As you likely know, the acting King County Prosecutor filed 16 charges of felony computer tresspass against me for Boeing. It was likely no accident that the filing of these charges came after Norm Maleng's untimely death. I don't know why, bu
  - OMG, I Was Right!
    07/11/07
    OMG! It turns out I was right about the Deliverance thing! I just looked it up on Wikipredia. Even though it was a pure guess that Deliverance was set close to Charleston, South Carolina, and Banjo picking hillbillies might be working at the 787 plants there, it turns out I was about as close as you
  - I Was Snubbed!
    07/11/07
    I was snubbed for the big rollout event in Everett on Sunday for the 787. I patiently waited for the limo to pick me up and take me there so I could sit next to Gary Locke. A ticket or Limo never came. It seems Boeing has not forgiven me for making them site the 787 in Everett against their wishes (
- June
  - The Corvi Experiment
    06/18/07
    It has seemed like all of Boeing Executive management has wanted to get in on the action of my retaliatory termination. While Jerry Calhoun, V.P. of H.R. for BCA signed off on my termination, which meant his boss and close personal friend Alan Mulally, CEO of BCA, was in on the action, Boeing Headqu
  - Bad News Stories on the Mukiteo Dock
    06/12/07
    I saw a news story yesterday on the Mukilteo dock that Washington State is building which was part of their package to lure 787 Final Assembly to Washington State (which ultimately failed, and per Boeing, I saved the arses af those who had an interest in 787 Final Assembly being in Washington State
  - Money Can Buy You Credibility?
    06/11/07
    It's interesting to note that Tom Brokaw is going to emcee the 7-08-07 787 rollout ceremony. I wonder if he knows who he is going to be on stage with? Maybe he would have declined the event if he knew what Boeing management was really like. I suppose, then, he hasn't seen my website yet. G
  - Isn't It Ironic, Don't Ya Think?
    06/08/07
    Boeing has just announced their big P.R. event for the rollout of the 787, which (just a coincidence, of course) is going to take place on 7-8-07 to celebrate the culmination of the outsourcing of the vast majority of 787 production to other countries and companies.
    
    Surprisingly, they wil
  - Just Another Day Trying to Save the Transport Aircraft Industry from its Greed
    06/06/07
    I guess I should start off by correcting the last sentence of yesterday's blog, which doesn't read like I intended. The sentence:
    
    "You may want to apply for this job if you are corrupt and/or incompetent. It is hopefully one of the few places where those traits are handsome
  - The Perfect Job for Me! However, They Won't Let Me Apply for It as I am Not Part Of Their Inner Circle
    06/05/07
    As a side note before today's blog, I just wanted to follow up on yesterday's blog with something I left out. King County Prosecutor Norm Maleng's tragic death brings another thing to mind. While his legacy is great, it will be interesting to find out what his recommendations were reg
  - More on Persecution
    06/04/07
    Another thing to note about Boeing's (through the King County Prosecutor's Department) potential charges agains me is the recent passing of Norm Maleng, King County Prosecutor. Mr. Maleng had a reputation of being fair minded when it came to doing his job, which I personally believe is a u
  - Persecution or Prosecution?
    06/03/07
    I haven't covered much about my own personal situation for trying in vain to protect the public. My failure, of course, is not for lack of trying. Both Boeing and the FAA blocked my attempts at ending their symbiotic corruption.
    
    Anyway, I'm still unemployed after over a year be
  - Just Another Day in Torture-Ville
    06/03/07
    Thank God for the ACLU. I know some will disagree because the ACLU takes unpopular stands sometimes in its zealous defense of our liberties. But With government agencies and some corporations routinely breaking the law, it seems it is up to organizations such as the ACLU to protect us from those abu
  - I Guess I Was Lucky
    06/01/07
    I just learned that the harassment and retaliation I experienced frequently at Boeing for near a decade just because I tried to do my critical job of inspecting the construction of Boeing aircraft instead of just rollerstamping jobs off without inspecting the work was perhaps not the worst Boeing co
- May
  - Welcome to The Last Inspector's Blog!
    05/30/07
    Welcome. First time blogging. I guess we'll see how good I am at it, if it requires any real skill.
    
    It has been an eventful month. First, a highly suspicious looking crash in Cameroon of a six-month old 737-800, with the chief suspect as told by the press being dual engine failure a