Originally Posted by
tdracer
While an alert inspector at Boeing might have picked up on missing fasteners, given that fuselage portion arrives as a compete, approved assembly, it is very unlikely that there is any task at Boeing Renton to verify that the appropriate fasteners are installed on that door plug.
Unfortunately, QA at Spirit has been an on-going issue for some time - especially with the 737 fuselages (the often-mentioned issue with the miss-drilled aft bulkhead holes also traces back to Spirit.
"It's not our fault, it was the subcontractor!" Not a very persuasive defense argument.
Perhaps, since there is a known, ongoing QA problem at Spirit, someone at Renton
should be doing those inspections.