[ethbr1]

A key point I read somewhere in the accusations is that non-Boeing contractors (e.g. Spirit) by policy cannot have access to CMES.

Consequently, you have a system of record that a major party to work doesn't have access to.

As we've all seen, this leads to "actual coordination" being instead done in a system all involved parties do have access to (SAT).

Which inevitably leads to a desync between CMES (SOR by fiat) and SAT (SOR in practice).

[michael1999]

But isn't that exactly the underlying fraud? Boeing and Spirit are conspiring to cover up Spirit's deficient delivery by allowing Spirit to work onsite at Renton and do post-delivery re-work and pretend that it is as-if delivered, and _outside_ Boeing's system of record. To reject the delivery and wait for Spirit to fix would ruin their delivery schedule, so they fudge it and muddle along.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/faa-p....

[calebpeterson]

SOR - system of record SAT - ? CMES - ?

[ethbr1]

They're described in parent's first link. Boeing systems.