Ali Bahrami
 Ali Bahrami  (engineer, bureaucrat, lobbyist) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | US | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interests | Boeing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revolving door FAA "safety" administrator
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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.[1]
In 2019, whistleblowers told how Bahrami pushed an agenda of "abdication" to Boeing during his leadership of the office regulating the company.[2][3]
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".[4][1]
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.
In June 2019, Bahrani pushed for the re-approved the return of the Boeing 737 MAX[5]
In 2019, family of Boeing crash victims called for the resignation and criminal prosecution Bahrami.[6]
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.[7]
References
- ↑ a b https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/aircraft/air_cert/design_approvals/engine_prop/AVS_Engine_Safety_Summit_Program.pdf
- ↑ https://www.pogo.org/analysis/corrupted-oversight-the-faa-boeing-and-the-737-max
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/business/boeing-737-max-faa.html
- ↑ https://docs.house.gov/meetings/PW/PW05/20131030/101419/HHRG-113-PW05-Bio-BahramiA-20131030.pdf
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-12/boeing-737-max-to-be-flying-again-by-december-faa-official-says
- ↑ https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/family-of-boeing-crash-victim-call-for-resignation-and-criminal-investigation-of-faa-safety-chief-ali-bahrami/
- ↑ https://www.designdevelopmenttoday.com/industries/aerospace/news/21485336/faa-safety-official-retires-was-criticized-over-boeing-jet
