--- title: Boeing’s autonomous air taxi subsidiary faces a... description: A former software manager at Wisk Aero, Boeing's autonomous air taxi subsidiary, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging she was wrongfully terminated after... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/boeing-s-autonomous-air-taxi-subsidiary-faces-a-whistleblower-lawsuit-over-rushed-software-testing-gcmgguv7s twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Boeing’s autonomous air taxi subsidiary faces a whistleblower lawsuit over rushed software testing | daily.dev og:description: A former software manager at Wisk Aero, Boeing's autonomous air taxi subsidiary, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging she was wrongfully terminated after... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/boeing-s-autonomous-air-taxi-subsidiary-faces-a-whistleblower-lawsuit-over-rushed-software-testing-gcmgguv7s og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gcmgGUv7s.png og:image:alt: Boeing’s autonomous air taxi subsidiary faces a whistleblower lawsuit over rushed software testing og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Boeing’s autonomous air taxi subsidiary faces a whistleblower lawsuit over rushed software testing **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A former software manager at Wisk Aero, Boeing's autonomous air taxi subsidiary, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging she was wrongfully terminated after reporting that company executives pressured engineers to cut FAA-required software testing to meet a 2025 test flight deadline. The case arrives at a sensitive time as Wisk seeks FAA certification for the first fully autonomous passenger aircraft in the US, a process that hinges on regulatory confidence in its software safety standards. Boeing has faced 32 OSHA whistleblower complaints since 2020 and Senate scrutiny over its safety culture. The allegations remain unproven and the case is in early stages. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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