He's named the supervisor who told him to sign the log. That supervisor reported directly to Callaway's VP of operations. We now have a documented coercion rechanging that goes three levels up from the maintenance floor. Marcus absorbed that. Three levels, not a rogue mechanic cutting corners.
A system, a deliberate organized system of falsification run from the management level with signatures forged and safety processes skipped not by accident but by instruction. How many flights? He asked. That's what the NTSB is working through now. Hutchkins estimates the falsified inspection cycle has been in place for at least 18 months.
They're cross-referencing every flight against the actual physical evidence of maintenance performed. She paused. It could be a significant number, Marcus. He thought about that. 18 Months, hundreds of flights, thousands of passengers.
What happens to Callaway? He said, "If the coercion chain holds and the NTSB findings are consistent with what Hutchkins is telling us, you're looking at federal criminal referrals potentially for Callaway personally, not just the organization." Another pause. His attorneys are aware, which explains the settlement number this morning. "He's trying to buy my silence before criminal charges are filed." Marcus said he's trying to buy everyone's silence. Patricia said, "But Hutchkins didn't call us to be bought, and you didn't stand at that podium to be bought.
So, here's where we are. We go forward. We let the investigation run. We let the NTSB do its work. And when the time comes, you testify clean, documented.
Exactly what you've been from the beginning." "All right," he said. "Keep me posted." He spent the rest of Saturday with Zoe. They went to the farmers market in the morning. She picked out tomatoes with the focused intensity of a professional chef selecting ingredients. And in the afternoon, they drove out to a park she liked and walked trails for 2 hours while she talked and he listened.
And it was the best 2 hours he'd had in months, maybe years. On the walk back to the truck, she slipped her hand into his without preamble, the way she'd done since she was very small. And he hel he he held it and thought about Vanessa saying I called him too small. And it's out Patricia saying a documented coercion chain sackets out Earl Hutchin sitting in a parking lot for 4 hours for and somehow none of it felt as large as the hand in his daddy Zoe's. Yeah, baby.
Are we going to be okay? Like moneywise because Jordan at school said her dad was in a lawsuit once and they had to move. He looked down at her. She was looking straight ahead at the path, which was her way of asking things. She was slightly afraid to hear the answers to.
"We're going to be okay," he said. "I have work. I'm doing charter flights. The mortgage is covered. We're not moving." She nodded slowly.
"And the lawsuit, is it going to take a long time?" "Probably, yes," he said. "These things take time, but that doesn't mean we're in trouble. It means the process is doing what it's supposed to do. She was quiet for a moment. Is the process working?