An employee works on the tail of a Boeing Co. Dreamliner 787 plane on the production line at the company's final assembly facility in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Boeing denied the allegations, calling them "inaccurate" and said it stood by the planes' safety.
Salehpour is scheduled to appear along with another whistleblower who worked at Boeing, a former aviation official and an independent safety expert at a Senate hearing on Wednesday about aircraft safety called "Examining Boeing's Broken Safety Culture: Firsthand Accounts."
Boeing last week declined to comment on those specific allegations, citing the FAA's ongoing whistleblower investigation, but said, "Retaliation is strictly prohibited at Boeing."
The company is scheduled to report quarterly results on April 24, when it will face investor questions about aircraft safety, production rates and FAA oversight.
Persons:
Sam Salehpour, Steve Chisholm
Organizations:
Boeing Co, Boeing, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA
Locations:
North Charleston , South Carolina