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The former Tech Pilot for the Boeing B-737MAX Program, Mark Forkner, has been found not guilty in a jury trial.
Here are some details found in Flying Magazine's on line news site:
https://www.flyingmag.com/former-bo...ebQ&utm_content=207863043&utm_source=hs_email
It seems that FAA Inspector Stacey Klein felt that Mr. Forkner lied to her regarding his participation in the development of the infamous MCAS system. Ms. Klein apparently felt intimidated by Mr. Forkner's attitude during her interviews with him, and according to Courthouse News, Ms. Klein testified during the trial that she felt bullied by Mr. Forkner. Crikey! The government agent with the full weight of one of America's most powerful bureaucracies behind her is "intimidated" by a Boeing employee?(!) It looks like "snowflakes" are alive and well (as well as they could be) in the Federal Government! Ah well, what do I know? I'm just a "dinosaur".
As to my opinion on the outcome of the trial itself: I feel that the conviction of Mr. Forkner would have set a dangerous precedent. I'm glad that he was found not guilty.
Here are some details found in Flying Magazine's on line news site:
https://www.flyingmag.com/former-bo...ebQ&utm_content=207863043&utm_source=hs_email
It seems that FAA Inspector Stacey Klein felt that Mr. Forkner lied to her regarding his participation in the development of the infamous MCAS system. Ms. Klein apparently felt intimidated by Mr. Forkner's attitude during her interviews with him, and according to Courthouse News, Ms. Klein testified during the trial that she felt bullied by Mr. Forkner. Crikey! The government agent with the full weight of one of America's most powerful bureaucracies behind her is "intimidated" by a Boeing employee?(!) It looks like "snowflakes" are alive and well (as well as they could be) in the Federal Government! Ah well, what do I know? I'm just a "dinosaur".
As to my opinion on the outcome of the trial itself: I feel that the conviction of Mr. Forkner would have set a dangerous precedent. I'm glad that he was found not guilty.