[DEI woke = going broke...] Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launches investigation into Boeing parts supplier, requests DEI documents

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-
launches-investigation-into-boeing-parts-supplier-requests-dei-documents/

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he’s looking 
into a company that supplies parts to Boeing, and part of his 
investigation includes whether its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) 
commitments factored into safety issues.

Paxton announced Thursday he sent a “request to examine” letter to Spirit 
AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., which has a facility in Texas and makes the 
fuselages for the Boeing 737 Max. He said Texas law gives him the 
authority to request documents from the company, including information 
about manufacturing defects in its products.

Randy Erben, an adjunct professor at the University of Texas School of 
Law, said companies must comply with these requests.

“The Texas Constitution gives the attorney general broad authority to 
examine, investigate and prosecute corporations to ensure that they’re in 
compliance with our statutes here in the state,” Erben explained. “The 
legislature implemented that constitutional authority by giving the 
attorney general the power to request, to examine any corporation or other 
business that files in the state of Texas, to essentially look at their 
records to ensure that they are in compliance and are engaging in acts and 
conduct that are consistent with its governing documents and the laws of 
the state. He has the power to investigate and do most anything else with 
regard to those documents and any other corporate activities.”

In a statement, Paxton wrote, “The potential risks associated with certain 
airplane models are deeply concerning and potentially life-threatening to 
Texans. I will hold any company responsible if they fail to maintain the 
standards required by the law and will do everything in my power to ensure 
manufacturers take passenger safety seriously.”

Joe Buccino, a spokesperson for Spirit AeroSystems, responded Friday to 
Paxton’s announcement.

“While we do not comment on investigations, Spirit is wholly focused on 
providing the highest quality products to all our customers, to include 
the Boeing Company,” Buccino wrote.

Additionally, Paxton is asking Spirit AeroSystems for certain documents 
about DEI policies and “whether those commitments are unlawful or are 
compromising the company’s manufacturing processes,” according to a news 
release sent out Thursday.

One example Paxton’s asking for Spirit to hand over is proof of “its claim 
that a diverse workplace improves product quality and/or ‘enhances 
performance’ and/or ‘helps Spirit make better decisions.'” A footnote 
contains a link to the company’s career page promoting DEI.

Antonio Ingram, an assistant counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, 
said this looks like the state’s crackdown on DEI is expanding past 
college campuses in Texas. He worries about what these specific requests 
might imply.

“The notion that the allegation of malfeasance of Boeing as being tied to 
a potential program related to inclusion of racial minorities or women or 
queer people, I think it really is telling that in this current political 
climate, there’s a newfound suspicion about the presence of people who 
were historically discriminated against,” Ingram said. “There’s still in 
some ways a view of inferiority and even incompetence, by their mere 
inclusion into certain institutions, including corporations like Boeing.”

Paxton’s office said Spirit has until April 17 to respond and provide the 
documents he’s requesting.

KXAN also reached out Friday morning to Boeing, and a spokesperson said 
the company had no comment on this matter.

Spirit AeroSystems as well as Boeing came under intense scrutiny after an 
Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 had to make an emergency landing on Jan. 5 when 
a door plug blew out of the side of the plane shortly after takeoff from 
Portland, Oregon. In a preliminary report released in February, the NTSB 
said four bolts that help keep the door plug in place were missing.

Earlier this month, Boeing confirmed it’s in talks to buy Spirit 
AeroSystems again. It once owned Spirit and would like to reacquire it so 
that it could improve plane quality and safety. Spirit said in a statement 
confirming the talks that this does not mean, though, that a sale is a 
done deal.


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