30-12-2024 13:34 via yro.slashdot.org

Most Safety Complaints From Plane-Industry Whistleblowers 'Go Nowhere', Risk Retaliation

America's aerospace industry is overseen by the Federal Aviation Administration (or FAA) — which also handles safety warnings from the industry's whistleblowers. But the Seattle Times says an analysis of reports to Congress found "an overwhelmed system delivering underwhelming results for whistleblowers... More than 90% of safety complaints from 2020 through 2023 ended with no violation found by the FAA, while whistleblowers reported them at great personal and professional risk."Aside from
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