ALl of the comments I have seen definitely have merit, but this case is more about a lack of ethics in corporate America then just a public safety issue. If any of you would research the original Mother Jones article, or the Washington Post article that details this case...you would find several points that none of you are addressing:

1. This is a Federal Law Suite, not a Civil Suite out to make money.

2. These people were hand picked to be part of a special committee to investigate Ducomun for parts issues.

3. These people were rewarded (by Boeing) for a job weel done.

4. Boeing then proceedecd to dismiss the findings, and retaliate against their own hand picked employees.

5. If you search the internet for Boeing wrong doings...you will find many, many cases of them being caught and fined for illegal activities.

6. The FAA did not do their job, although after the first time this suite was presented...the FAA did send out a memo to check for cracks around the doors.

There are so many aspects to this case that so many people are willing to overlook, and they should not. Just two years ago Boeing was fined 6 million dollars by the Government because it used Titanium melted in the Soviet Union instead of Titanium melted in America on planes sold to the Military. I think most people would think that a possible safety risk to millions of people would rate higher that the grade of Titanium used for Military aircraft. Just because a plane has not fallen from the sky does not mean that wrong doing did not happen. Remember...No one thought that Enron had done anything wrong until it all came crashing down around them. I still fly, and don't have much say in what plane I fly on. But, it is nice to know that there are peole who lay their professional carreers on the line to try to keep coporate America honest. Whether you think 737's are safe or not, you can't argue against people trying to do the right thing. Or maybe you can!