Wisk Aero, an electric taxi company under the Boeing flag, has been sued by former employees, focusing on the compression of flight software tests and the retaliatory dismissal of staff members after raising security concerns.
The former manager filed a lawsuit.
The former software manager, Briahna O'Neill, sued Wisk in the Santa Clara High Court of California earlier this week for discrimination and inappropriate dismissal. The Seattle Times first disclosed the case, reporting that Boeing refused to comment.
The plaintiff claimed that the test was compressed.
O'Neill stated that she had submitted two internal security reports, stating that the company had requested engineers to reduce the software testing required by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in order to advance ahead of the 2025 test deadline.
She claims that she was dismissed only a few weeks after the submission of her second complaint. At the time of the release of the report, Wisk had not responded immediately to requests for comments.
Wisk has entered the FAA testing program.
Wisk was established in 2019 as one of the companies that developed the electric vertical lift vehicle (eVTOL) and targeted fully automatic driving. The company is also one of the eight businesses that were approved by FAA earlier this year to enter a three-year test program.
The focus of this litigation is on whether the firm has compressed the certification process for regulatory requirements to meet the test nodes and whether employees have been adversely dealt with after raising security concerns.