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How many FAA officials used to work at Boeing (or related lobbying firms) or vice versa?
by resters 7y ago
How many FAA officials used to work at Boeing (or related lobbying firms) or vice versa?
- cududa 7y agoBoeing was allowed to act as the FAA’s contractor in certifying the plane.
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- djsumdog 7y agoReminds me of when Tennessee Valley Authority let contractors certify the dams for its coal plans, which they failed terribly at, leading to a dam breech that spread toxic material all over the valley and watershed outside the Kingston Fossil plant. I covered the protests back in 2009: https://fightthefuture.org/videos/tva-coal/ https://fightthefuture.org/videos/tva-coal/
- quattrofan 7y agoLet's hear it for "market forces" and unfettered capitalism, youd think we would've learned in 2008.
- ahartmetz 7y agoThe market for political influence is working pretty well, no reason to use scare quotes.
- Rooster61 7y agoI'd argue that this is precisely when free market capitalism will perform its function. This tragedies' fallout is already blowing back on the buddy-buddy corporation/regulatory body relationship that is toxic for a free market economy. It's the rare case where the effects of a negative event have enough impact to actually correct something wrong with the market.