Overview

Lirio Liu served as a Senior Vice President at Boeing; holding leadership roles in the company's quality assurance and supply chain management. She was part of Boeing's executive leadership during the period surrounding the 737 MAX crisis and the subsequent quality control breakdowns that plagued the company. Boeing's shift from an engineering-first culture to a finance-driven management approach; which accelerated after the 1997 merger with McDonnell Douglas; created systematic pressures to reduce costs and accelerate production at the expense of quality. This culture produced the conditions for the MCAS failures that caused two fatal crashes (346 killed); and continued quality problems including the January 2024 Alaska Airlines door plug blowout. Boeing whistleblowers including Sam Salehpour have described a culture where quality concerns were dismissed or penalized. Liu's specific responsibilities within Boeing's quality and supply chain structure placed her within the management hierarchy that oversaw the production processes subsequently criticized by the FAA; NTSB; and congressional investigators.

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