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Message: <blockquote data-quote="imhotep" data-source="post: 29506462" data-attributes="member: 562115">The manufacturer of the door plug that was blown out in mid-air during a Alaska Airlines flight on Friday was the focus of a class-action lawsuit filed less than a month earlier, with the complaint alleging that Spirit AeroSystems had experienced "sustained quality failures" in its products. The complaint, initially filed in federal court in May and amended in December, was filed on behalf of investors in Spirit AeroSystems, which was originally a manufacturing unit of Boeing until it was spun off in 2005 (The company has no relationship with Spirit Airlines.) According to the suit, Spirit relies heavily on Boeing for orders and manufactures much of the aviation giant's jet fuselages. The lawsuit alleges that Spirit's problems were "widespread," including "the routine presence of foreign object debris ('FOD') in Spirit products, missing fasteners, peeling paint, and poor skin quality." "Such constant quality failures resulted in part from Spirit's culture which prioritized production numbers and short-term financial outcomes over product quality," the complaint claims. The complaint also alleged that Spirit experienced two specific manufacturing problems. The first involves a claim that Spirit had "mis-drilled holes on the 737 Max aft pressure bulkhead," which is at the rear of the plane. The second alleged problem involves a "defect relating to the tail fin fittings on certain 737 MAX aircraft," an issue that was flagged by Boeing in April.Amid its manufacturing problems and a plunging stock price, Spirit overhauled its executive suite in recent months. The company in October named Pat Shanahan as its new CEO, replacing Thomas C. Gentile III, who is a defendant in the class-action suit and who had served as CEO since 2016.</blockquote>

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