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'''Ali Bahrami''' was an aircraft safety administrator at the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA), where he led the organization responsible for setting safety standards and overseeing all parts of the aviation industry — airlines, manufacturers, repair stations, pilots, mechanics, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, and any person or product that operates in aviation.<ref name=faa>https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/aircraft/air_cert/design_approvals/engine_prop/AVS_Engine_Safety_Summit_Program.pdf</ref>
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'''Ali Bahrami''' was an aircraft safety administrator at the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA), where he led the organization responsible for setting safety standards and overseeing all parts of the aviation industry.<ref name=faa>https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/aircraft/air_cert/design_approvals/engine_prop/AVS_Engine_Safety_Summit_Program.pdf</ref> He was appointed after a period working in a [[revolving door]] to an aerospace lobbying group.
  
In 2019, whistleblowers told how Bahrami pushed an agenda of "abdication" to [[Boeing]] during his leadership of the office regulating the company.<ref>https://www.pogo.org/analysis/corrupted-oversight-the-faa-boeing-and-the-737-max</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/business/boeing-737-max-faa.html</ref>
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Bahrami was one of the leading members of the FAA during the initial development of the [[Boeing 737 MAX]], an aircraft that soon became infamous for its disastrous safety record. As a lobbyist, Bahrani had argued for delegating more regulatory authority to the plane-makers, and in 2019, whistleblowers told how Bahrami pushed an agenda of "abdication" to [[Boeing]] during his leadership of the office regulating the company.<ref>https://www.pogo.org/analysis/corrupted-oversight-the-faa-boeing-and-the-737-max</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/business/boeing-737-max-faa.html</ref>
  
Between his roles at the FAA, he was vice president for civil aviation at [[Aerospace Industries Association]], a [[Boeing]]-financed lobbyist organization that represents the nation's leading aerospace and defense manufacturers and suppliers".<ref>https://docs.house.gov/meetings/PW/PW05/20131030/101419/HHRG-113-PW05-Bio-BahramiA-20131030.pdf</ref><ref name=faa/>
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Bahrami led the office that oversaw Boeing before leaving in [[2013]] (early in the 737 MAX's certification process) for a top post at the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA).<ref>https://www.globalresearch.ca/why-have-not-boeing-executives-been-arrested/5692627</ref> The AIA is a [[Boeing]]-financed lobbyist organization that represents the nation's leading aerospace and defense manufacturers and suppliers".<ref>https://docs.house.gov/meetings/PW/PW05/20131030/101419/HHRG-113-PW05-Bio-BahramiA-20131030.pdf</ref><ref name=faa/> Working for the lobbyist,  he argued before Congress to fight foreign competition by delegating more regulatory authority to the plane-makers to help them get new products to market faster.<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/the-national-737-max-boeing-1.5107529</ref>
  
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Bahrami then went back to the FAA, where he led its aviation safety office from 2017 until 2021.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/02/faas-top-safety-official-retires-ali-bahrami-was-criticized-over-boeing-jet.html</ref>
Bahrami led the office that oversaw Boeing before leaving in [[2013]] (early in the 737 MAX's certification process) for a top post at the Aerospace Industries Association.
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The Boeing 737 MAX passenger airliner was grounded worldwide between March 2019 and December 2020 – longer in many jurisdictions – after 346 people died in two similar crashes<ref>https://www.americanmachinist.com/news/article/21148616/eu-to-clear-737-max-to-fly-in-january-2021-boeing</ref>.
  
In June 2019, Bahrani pushed for the re-approved the return of the Boeing 737 MAX<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-12/boeing-737-max-to-be-flying-again-by-december-faa-official-says</ref>
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In June [[2019]], Bahrani pushed for the speedy re-approval of the Boeing 737 MAX<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-12/boeing-737-max-to-be-flying-again-by-december-faa-official-says</ref>
  
 
In 2019, family of Boeing crash victims called for the resignation and criminal prosecution Bahrami.<ref>https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/family-of-boeing-crash-victim-call-for-resignation-and-criminal-investigation-of-faa-safety-chief-ali-bahrami/</ref>
 
In 2019, family of Boeing crash victims called for the resignation and criminal prosecution Bahrami.<ref>https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/family-of-boeing-crash-victim-call-for-resignation-and-criminal-investigation-of-faa-safety-chief-ali-bahrami/</ref>
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Latest revision as of 00:38, 7 May 2024

Person.png Ali BahramiRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(engineer, bureaucrat, lobbyist)
Ali Bahrami.png
NationalityUS
EthnicityIranian
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Interests • Boeing
• Boeing 737 MAX
Revolving door FAA "safety" administrator

Employment.png Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety

In office
10 July 2017 - June 2021
EmployerFAA
Pushed an agenda of "abdication" to Boeing during his leadership of the office regulating the company, including the Boeing 737 MAX.

Ali Bahrami was an aircraft safety administrator at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), where he led the organization responsible for setting safety standards and overseeing all parts of the aviation industry.[1] He was appointed after a period working in a revolving door to an aerospace lobbying group.

Bahrami was one of the leading members of the FAA during the initial development of the Boeing 737 MAX, an aircraft that soon became infamous for its disastrous safety record. As a lobbyist, Bahrani had argued for delegating more regulatory authority to the plane-makers, and in 2019, whistleblowers told how Bahrami pushed an agenda of "abdication" to Boeing during his leadership of the office regulating the company.[2][3]

Activities

Bahrami led the office that oversaw Boeing before leaving in 2013 (early in the 737 MAX's certification process) for a top post at the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA).[4] The AIA is a Boeing-financed lobbyist organization that represents the nation's leading aerospace and defense manufacturers and suppliers".[5][1] Working for the lobbyist, he argued before Congress to fight foreign competition by delegating more regulatory authority to the plane-makers to help them get new products to market faster.[6]

Bahrami then went back to the FAA, where he led its aviation safety office from 2017 until 2021.[7]

The Boeing 737 MAX passenger airliner was grounded worldwide between March 2019 and December 2020 – longer in many jurisdictions – after 346 people died in two similar crashes[8].

In June 2019, Bahrani pushed for the speedy re-approval of the Boeing 737 MAX[9]

In 2019, family of Boeing crash victims called for the resignation and criminal prosecution Bahrami.[10]

In 2021, "hundreds of relatives and friends of passengers who died in the Max crashes wrote last month to President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, demanding that they oust Bahrami and three other FAA officials, including Administrator Stephen Dickson." The FAA announced Bahrami would retire at the end of June 2021.[11]



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