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Freefall and Flying Blind: Boeing's Documentary Shows the Damage. The Book Explains the Mechanism.
Netflix released Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing this week.
It's Rory Kennedy's follow-up to Downfall, centred on John Barnett — the Boeing quality manager turned whistleblower who died in 2024, mid-lawsuit against the company he'd spent his career serving.
Reviews have been consistent on one point: the documentary is infuriating, well-made, and ultimately unsatisfying. Critics have noted it won't tell you where to direct the heat — it shows the damage without fully explai

Craig Reid
6 days ago3 min read
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