A coaching plan cut short, disputed incidents, then a pink slip three days after an HR meeting
A senior engineer at GE Aerospace alleges the company sacked him for questioning a hire he suspected was driven by national-origin bias.
The worker, who held a PhD and had spent eight years at GE's Evendale, Ohio facility, filed a federal retaliation lawsuit against the aerospace giant on October 11, 2026, in the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
What started as a question about a job candidate ended with a termination letter - and the filing says the path from one to the other was no coincidence.
The worker joined GE in February 2018 and rose through the ranks. By September 2024, he was a senior engineer and laboratory manager. His direct manager regularly praised his work and approved overtime requests without issue, the complaint says - until November 2025.
That month, the lab needed new staff after roughly three retirements. The filing alleges the worker's manager directed him and a colleague to interview a candidate. Both assessed the applicant as lacking sufficient equipment-maintenance experience and said so.
But management kept pushing the same candidate. Despite being told roughly 30 other applicants existed, neither the worker nor his colleague received additional resumes or other onsite interviews, according to the complaint.
The worker grew suspicious. The filing says he asked why the focus remained on one candidate. When...
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