Boeing-owned Wisk Aero accused of firing manager who raised safety concerns

波音旗下 Wisk Aero 被指控解雇提出安全担忧的经理

Wisk Aero, the electric air taxi company owned by Boeing, has been hit with a lawsuit from a former employee, who claims she was fired after raising safety concerns. 波音旗下的电动空中出租车公司 Wisk Aero 近日遭到一名前员工起诉，该员工声称自己在提出安全担忧后被公司解雇。

Former software manager Briahna O’Neill sued Wisk in Santa Clara Superior Court earlier this week, alleging discrimination and wrongful termination. The Seattle Times first reported on the lawsuit, noting that Boeing declined to comment. 本周早些时候，前软件经理 Briahna O’Neill 在圣克拉拉高等法院起诉了 Wisk，指控公司存在歧视和非法解雇行为。《西雅图时报》率先报道了这起诉讼，并指出波音公司拒绝置评。

O’Neill said she filed two internal safety reports that outlined how Wisk had engineers reduce the amount of FAA-required software testing being done in order to hit a test flight deadline in 2025. O’Neill claims she was fired just weeks after filing the second complaint. O’Neill 表示，她曾提交过两份内部安全报告，指出 Wisk 为了赶上 2025 年的试飞截止日期，要求工程师减少了美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）所要求的软件测试量。O’Neill 声称，她在提交第二份投诉仅几周后就被解雇了。

Founded in 2019, Wisk is one of a number of companies trying to develop commercially viable electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. It’s one of the few companies working on aiming for full autonomy. Wisk 成立于 2019 年，是众多致力于开发商业可行性电动垂直起降（eVTOL）飞行器的公司之一。同时，它也是少数几家致力于实现完全自动驾驶的公司之一。

Wisk is also one of the eight companies that were approved earlier this year by the FAA to join a three-year program for testing such aircraft. Wisk said it cannot comment on ongoing litigation. Wisk 也是今年早些时候获得 FAA 批准加入三年期飞行器测试项目的八家公司之一。Wisk 表示，无法对正在进行的诉讼发表评论。