No offense to your friend, but maybe, just maybe, he didn't quit due to cultural problems at Boeing, causing him to pay back his huge sign on bonus, but maybe.. and I hate to say it, he was drunk at work and got fired, then lied to you to save face?
Go to Georgetown and start talking to people, the quality issues are well known. First shift often signs off on wiring down all bolts in a section without doing their job, second shift comes in and ignores the problem, with third shift cleaning up the mess (or as much as they can find).
Its a caustic work environment that has been bred since the company split in two.