Ryan Knudson

Barnett was insistent on following policies and procedures down to the letter. His bosses wanted him to be a team player and just get the work done. They said he needed to learn the art of, quote, working in the gray areas. In the South Carolina plant, Barnett started to get lower scores on his reviews.

Barnett was insistent on following policies and procedures down to the letter. His bosses wanted him to be a team player and just get the work done. They said he needed to learn the art of, quote, working in the gray areas. In the South Carolina plant, Barnett started to get lower scores on his reviews.

And he said that one of his supervisors once told him, quote, I'm going to push you until you break. Boeing disputes that this happened and said the company did not retaliate against Barnett. His mom, Vicki Stokes, saw the toll this was taking on her son when she visited him in South Carolina.

And he said that one of his supervisors once told him, quote, I'm going to push you until you break. Boeing disputes that this happened and said the company did not retaliate against Barnett. His mom, Vicki Stokes, saw the toll this was taking on her son when she visited him in South Carolina.

And he said that one of his supervisors once told him, quote, I'm going to push you until you break. Boeing disputes that this happened and said the company did not retaliate against Barnett. His mom, Vicki Stokes, saw the toll this was taking on her son when she visited him in South Carolina.

Why do you think he couldn't let it go?

Why do you think he couldn't let it go?

Why do you think he couldn't let it go?

According to court filings, Barnett started applying for other jobs within Boeing, but he said he'd been blacklisted and couldn't get transferred. At one point, he was moved from managing quality on the production floor, where he actually worked on airplanes, to what he considered to be a demotion, where his job was to keep track of defective parts.

According to court filings, Barnett started applying for other jobs within Boeing, but he said he'd been blacklisted and couldn't get transferred. At one point, he was moved from managing quality on the production floor, where he actually worked on airplanes, to what he considered to be a demotion, where his job was to keep track of defective parts.

According to court filings, Barnett started applying for other jobs within Boeing, but he said he'd been blacklisted and couldn't get transferred. At one point, he was moved from managing quality on the production floor, where he actually worked on airplanes, to what he considered to be a demotion, where his job was to keep track of defective parts.

In his testimony, Barnett said he was humiliated, and it felt like a, quote, "'slap in the face.'" Barnett filed internal ethics complaints and went to HR, but he said his situation never improved. And then, in late 2016, Barnett said he found out his name was at the top of a list of people his managers wanted to get rid of. Boeing said there's no evidence such a list ever existed.

In his testimony, Barnett said he was humiliated, and it felt like a, quote, "'slap in the face.'" Barnett filed internal ethics complaints and went to HR, but he said his situation never improved. And then, in late 2016, Barnett said he found out his name was at the top of a list of people his managers wanted to get rid of. Boeing said there's no evidence such a list ever existed.

In his testimony, Barnett said he was humiliated, and it felt like a, quote, "'slap in the face.'" Barnett filed internal ethics complaints and went to HR, but he said his situation never improved. And then, in late 2016, Barnett said he found out his name was at the top of a list of people his managers wanted to get rid of. Boeing said there's no evidence such a list ever existed.

The company also said he was never demoted and that his pay was never cut, and that the company rotated people's positions around the factory all the time. Barnett later told his lawyers that it was around this time that he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, and his doctor told him that he could have a heart attack if he didn't leave his job.

The company also said he was never demoted and that his pay was never cut, and that the company rotated people's positions around the factory all the time. Barnett later told his lawyers that it was around this time that he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, and his doctor told him that he could have a heart attack if he didn't leave his job.

The company also said he was never demoted and that his pay was never cut, and that the company rotated people's positions around the factory all the time. Barnett later told his lawyers that it was around this time that he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, and his doctor told him that he could have a heart attack if he didn't leave his job.

How hard of a decision do you think it was for your brother to quit Boeing, a company that he seemed to love working for?

How hard of a decision do you think it was for your brother to quit Boeing, a company that he seemed to love working for?

How hard of a decision do you think it was for your brother to quit Boeing, a company that he seemed to love working for?