Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died

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Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died
seattletimes.com

Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems and one of the first whistleblowers to allege Spirit leadership had ignored manufacturing defects on the 737 MAX, died Tuesday morning after a struggle with a sudden, fast-spreading infection. 

Known as Josh, Dean lived in Wichita, Kan., where Spirit is based. He was 45, had been in good health and was noted for having a healthy lifestyle.

He died after two weeks in critical condition, his aunt Carol Parsons said.

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Yep. That settles it, we are definitely in a fucked up gilded age.

I wish so bad I could get gold stars or bonus points for having been talking about gilded age II as soon as I learned what gilded age I was. Unfortunately, all I've gotten so far is inflation