Boeing's recently departed CEO and President, Dave Calhoun, is set to take part in a one-on-one meeting with an employee who raised concerns about the safety of the company's planes.
Brian Knowles, an attorney representing over a dozen current and former employees of Boeing, spoke to Newsweek about the upcoming encounter between Calhoun and his client, Sam Mohawk.
No lawyers will be present at the sit-down – expected to take place at some point in mid-September – which Knowles said would allow the pair to "speak freely and have a productive and candid conversation."
Among other things, he said that this face-to-face would allow Mohawk to express his concerns about Boeing's corporate culture and cost-cutting approach to manufacturing.
Knowles had been attempting to facilitate a meeting with Calhoun for several weeks, following the former boss' admission that he should meet with the company's growing list of whistleblowers.
Mohawk is a quality inspector at the Boeing production facility in Renton, Washington, who alleged that the planemaker had cut corners in its production of the 737 narrow-body airliner.
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