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 at low altitude. As you can see on my "Rollerstamping Crashes" page, I go into a little detail about these 737NG engines, and give my opinion about the cause of the crash. As you know, I have tried for years to reform both Boeing and the FAA, so, if the crash is because of the corruption documented on this site as I suspect, I will have failed in my efforts to save lives by getting reform before more people died because of the fraud documented on this site. Not a pleasant thought. Flying always has some level of risk apart from mechanical failure, but if it is something preventable like a Quality System failure at Boeing, that would make it all the more tragic than it already is.

Secondly, the 787 production line started up last week in Everett, thanks to me ( http://www.thelastinspector.com/55601.html ). I wonder if Boeing is still livid in that they blame me for 787 Final Assembly being in Everett, instead of their preferred site of a non-union state. We'll see. Anyway, I haven't received any correspondence from those workers on the 787 production line thanking me for their jobs, lol. Boeing is surely not happy that IAM workers are performing Boeing's small part of manufacturing the 787, but if they can't put up with the union I guess those LCFs will make it easy to pack up the production line and ship it to the non-union location they always wanted it in. There is little positive, however, in me supposedly getting 787 Final Assembly sited in Everett. There's not many jobs there doing the work because the vast majority of them were outsourced to non-union locations. I wonder if airliners have to have stickers like other things do if the are mostly manufactured in another country or manufacturer. The 787 is the first Boeing plane I believe that would risk having to have a "made in Japan" stencil on it due to the unprecedented level of outsourcing on the program. Maybe Japan is in the transport aircraft manufacturing industry as the builder of the majority of such an airplane now, as they wanted, just without the official designation as Boeing has enough pull I don't think they'll have to put a prominent "made in Japan" sticker on it, even if one is required.

As you know if you are no stranger to my website, I am very concerned about the viability of the 787 program. My Quality Director that had me confined to a desk job for the "crime" of trying to actually do my job inspecting critical aircraft components is now head of the 787 quality system. Need I say more about my trepidations about the quality, safety, and reliability of the 787? I wonder if inspectors have gotten in trouble if they find defects in the sections delivered from the 787 suppliers, like I used to get in trouble for doing when I worked where he was Quality Director. If you are one of the very few unfortunate inspectors on the program, please contact me with your experiences. Of course, the 787 is on a lengthily cycle right now. I don't expect inspectors there will really be under the gun to rollerstamp until the cycle gets closer to the three days advertised.

Another problem with the 787 program is that the same corrupt FAA is involved, likely delegating functions on the program to Boeing it should never have delegated. Less oversight of Boeing by a corrupt FAA on a critical new program. What possibly could go wrong in that scenario? Of course, I don't know how much has been delegated to Boeing with "self-oversight" on the program as I was removed from the position I could have monitored such highly questionable activities from. At least now that you have perused this site, after the FAA and Boeing management have their usual back slapping party when the FAA signs off on certification for the 787, you'll know not to invest too much confidence in that milestone than you otherwise would if you didn't know what you know now about how corrupt and biased against your interests the FAA has become.

I expect to have some big news on this site soon, so check back weekly or sooner, if you wish.

The Last Inspector,

Gerry