"23 Years, 12,000 Commercial and 400+ Military Planes Built Uncertified — Boeing's Hidden Crisis In Quality Oversight"

EVERETT, Wash. - Jan. 18, 2026 - PRLog -- :ATTENTION:  Logistics Providers,  Investors,  Insurers,  Government agencies, and Members of the Flying Public,

My name is Daryl Guberman, a quality assurance expert with over 40 years of experience in aerospace and medical implant manufacturing and Boeing Shareholder. I was at the questioning of David Calhoun-CEO Boeing, before the DHS Subcommittee on June 18, 2024. I'm writing to you now because the real issue behind Boeing's recurring failures goes far beyond MCAS, software, or isolated workmanship errors — it's systemic, rooted in a complete absence of an independently certified quality management system. THE 23-YEAR BOEING / ANAB / IAQG FUNNEL ANALYSIS Exposed by Daryl Guberman The Quality Expert Who Uncovered the Largest Industrial & Fiduciary-FRAUD https://www.prlog.org/13116328-the-23-year-boeing-anab-iaqg-funnel-analysis-exposed-by-daryl-guberman-the-quality-expert-who-uncovered-the-largest-industrial-fiduciary-fraud.html

In a June 27, 2024 Reuters interview, Boeing's Vice President of Quality, Elizabeth Lund, stated that Boeing was "willing and prepared" to obtain AS9100 certification and was compliant and already internally auditing as if certified. Her statement prompted me to verify those claims firsthand. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-brief-european-regulators-new-production-plans-after-737-max-panel-2024-06-27/

In October 2024, I conducted a fact-finding investigation across Boeing's Everett, Renton, Auburn, and Northfield facilities. I interviewed roughly 250 employees across multiple functions — consistent with the broader findings I reported publicly involving three to six hundred people. Drawing on my background in aerospace quality and supplier oversight, what I found was alarming:

• No one could confirm Boeing operates under an AS9100-certified system or that any independent audits have occurred.
  
  
• On-site supplier audits — required under AS9100 Clause 8.4 — have been abandoned for more than two decades.
  
  
• Job packs and traceability documents critical to aircraft build histories were missing or incomplete, far beyond what we saw in the Alaska Airlines 1282 door plug case.
  
  
• Employees lacked awareness of corrective action protocols, a fundamental clause (10.2) of AS9100.

AS9100 is not optional. It is the backbone standard that defines process control, documentation, supplier oversight, and corrective action in aerospace manufacturing. While many believe the FAA's Production Certificate is sufficient, it is not. FAA oversight verifies the product, not the underlying quality system or supplier conformity.

Because Boeing has not held valid AS9100 certification since July 2002, approximately 12,000 commercial and 400+ military aircraft — including those involved in the MCAS-related crashes of Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines, the Alaska Airlines 1282, and even the new Air Force One — have been built in an uncertified AS9100 / IA9100 environment.

Missing fasteners, defective wiring, and software failures are merely symptoms. The root cause is an organizational breakdown of certified quality oversight. Aircraft built without an AS9100 / IA9100-governed system cannot guarantee supplier traceability, conformity, or process verification.

This issue directly endangers pilots and passengers. When aircraft are produced without certified supplier oversight or traceability, flight crews are unknowingly taking control of machines whose assembly integrity cannot be independently validated.

I raised these concerns after hearing Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour's testimony on April 17, 2024,  https://www.newstribune.com/photos/2024/apr/18/3749044/ holding supplier bulletins that proved Boeing ceased on-site supplier audits decades ago. Bloomberg & Politico interviewed me and stated "They could not publish the fact Boeing had given up supplier auditing for 22 years"  I've also shared my documentation and video evidence with media contacts, Federal agencies, including Dominic Gates (Seattle Times Pulitzer winner aerospace reporter), Ed Pierson (10 Year former Boeing Senior Manager) but thus far no outlet has addressed the certification gap itself — the foundation of every downstream failure.

I urge: Logistics Providers, Investors, Insurers, Government agencies, and Members of the Flying Public, to formally request confirmation from Boeing and the FAA on the company's AS9100 / AI9100 status and supplier audit program. I am available to brief you or your technical team and provide evidence from my site visits, employee interviews, and document reviews.

Aircraft safety begins with certified quality systems — not end-stage inspections. Boeing's two-decade lapse in AS9100 certification is a clear and present risk that demands immediate attention.

Respectfully,

Daryl Guberman
203-556-1493
Aerospace Quality Expert- Boeing shareholder

WEBSITE: https://guberman-quality.com/

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