
Boeing whistleblower sounds alarm over safety at satellite factory: "They're not gonna listen to me until somebody dies"
CBSN
Whether it's providing internet to storm-ravaged communities or supporting American troops at war, Craig Garriott has long believed the satellites he builds for Boeing helped protect lives.
Now, Garriott, 53, says, it's the lives of hundreds of technicians at the Boeing facility where he has worked for nearly three decades that need protecting from company management.
"They've taken the focus off quality, the focus off the people on the floor, and they've put it completely on profit and going fast," Garriott said in an exclusive interview with CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave. "I'm afraid with Boeing in the hands that it's in now down here, they're not gonna listen to me until somebody dies."

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