Employees work on Boeing 737 MAX airplanes at the Boeing Renton Factory in Renton, Washington on March 27, 2019
Employees working on a Boeing 737 Max at the factory in Renton, Washington.
  • A Boeing employee told The Seattle Times they face pressure "to make miracles happen."
  • Others told investigators that planes move down factory lines with defects to maintain production speed.
  • A team captain said there's a high turnover of staff because it's a
    "stressful job."

Boeing factory workers have expressed concerns about pressures on production speed as the planemaker's processes are scrutinized in the wake of January's Alaska Airlines blowout.