A Boeing manager was so distressed by working conditions at its South Carolina plant that he suffered PTSD, his lawyer has revealed.

John Barnett, who was employed by the aero giant for 32 years before taking his own life in March, was traumatised by the "hostile work environment", according to Brian Knowles, an attorney representing more than a dozen current and former Boeing employees.

"With John, it was a very difficult seven-year legal battle that had been going on," Knowles told Newsweek.

"He had been diagnosed with PTSD and anxiety issues from being exposed to a hostile work environment at the 787 program, and that really took a toll on him and, unfortunately, he ended up taking his own life."

Barnett spent his final seven years with Boeing as a quality manager at the company's assembly facility in Charleston, South Carolina.

Barnett oversaw production of the 787 Dreamliner wide-body and, in 2019, publicly accused Boeing fitting non-conforming parts onto the jet.

In an interview with Corporate Crime Reporter, Barnett said that he was pressured by management "not to document defects, to work outside procedures, to allow defective material to be installed without being corrected."

According to Knowles, Barnett was diagnosed with diagnosed with both PTSD and anxiety in early 2017 due to the work environment at the Charleston facility.

Newsweek has contacted Boeing to inquire about the conditions at its factories.

Knowles said that his firm is now in the process of...

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