The American \”revolving door\” behind Boeing\’s \”safety door\”

Original title: The American \”revolving door\” behind Boeing\’s \”safety door\”

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Long term Since then, Boeing\’s profit-centered orientation has caused Boeing to compress and simplify company management, R&D and production, resulting in defects in aircraft production and manufacturing.

Despite this, Boeing is still making a lot of money, which is also related to the regulatory failure of the US government departments.

For decades, in order to save money, the Federal Aviation Administration has been outsourcing some of the aircraft safety certification work that should be performed by regulatory agencies to aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing. Being a referee again”. And many \”referees\” may still be former employees of the US government.

Former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation Schiavo:One day you\’re auditing airplanes and the next day you\’re working for an airline. You can\’t scrutinize the industry too strictly, otherwise you won\’t get such a good job after leaving the regulatory agency.

The \”revolving door\” is a classic example of collusion between politics and business in the United States, where one becomes an official and the other is a businessman. It not only has internal rotation, but also external rotation. External rotation refers to the transfer from public office to enterprise, and internal rotation refers to the transfer from enterprise to public office.

The \”revolving door\” has a long history in the United States. Data show that between 1897 and 1973, an average of 76% of U.S. cabinet members were related to companies. Now is no exception.

Military field. Current U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin served as commander of Central Command after retiring in 2016. He has served as a board member of Raytheon and many other companies.

In the financial field, the former chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank, is on the board of directors of Signature Bank, which was shut down last year. /p>

Pharmaceutical field

Head of R&D Department of Pfizer, USA. JORDEN WALKER:Pfizer is a revolving door for all government officials, and yes, in any industry, the regulators who review our drugs end up working for the drug companies. The same is true for the military. Military and defense officials will eventually work in private defense companies.

Undercover reporter: What do you think of this \”revolving door\”?

Head of R&D at Pfizer USA JORDEN WALKER: Honestly, it\’s great for the industry, but it\’s terrible for the rest of America. >Why is it bad for other Americans?

Director of R&D Department of Pfizer, USA Jordan Walker: Because the regulators who review our drugs, you know when they no longer do regulatory work, they will come to work for the pharmaceutical companies, and of course they will not be strict with the companies that gave them jobs. p>

In addition to regulating, many American politicians are also willing to become corporate lobbyists, traveling within the government to \”raise the flag\” for the companies they serve.

John Thune, currently the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, is one of the targets of lobbying by the U.S. railroad industry.

Before he successfully took office, he was the Dakota-Minnesota and Eastern Conference in 2003 and 2004. Railroad lobbyist and earned $220,000 from it, and if we go back further, he also served as director of the South Dakota Railroad and oversaw the railroad.road.

In 2015, lobbyists for railroads and other industries proposed overturning Obama administration-era regulations requiring improvements to electronically controlled air braking systems on certain hazardous materials trains, saying it would bring unnecessary disruption to railroads and other industries. $3 billion cost.

Thune, who is already a senator, publicly seconded the motion and said that if the need for the technology cannot be proven, it will be abolished. In 2017, the Trump administration repealed the regulation, and Thune publicly expressed his approval.

On February 3 last year, a Norfolk Southern Railway Company train carrying chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, causing the leakage of toxic chemical vinyl chloride. Later, a so-called \”controlled burning\”, causing a serious environmental disaster.

The Norfolk Southern Railway Company in the United States was one of those who strongly advocated for the repeal of this regulation.

According to US media analysis, if this regulation still exists, the train that derailed on February 3 may have been equipped with a better braking system to reduce derailment. Risk of large amounts of stacking in the rear compartment.

Everyone running on the ground is like this, and those flying in the sky are not immune to this.

According to \”Open Secret\” data, the air transport industry\’s total lobbying funds in 2023 reached $102,922,106, with a total of 1,018 lobbyists running up and down, including 6 5.03% are former government employees, and the number one lobbying company is Boeing.

A U.S. official once said that when former leaders and former colleagues knock on the door, you will do the same for the sake of face. Open the door for them. Once the door is open, you don’t know what to do.

And after every election, the revolving door will turn faster because the headhunters from lobbying companies and interest groups will take away. Outgoing politicians

\”of \”the people, by the people, for the people\” comes from the speech of US President Lincoln. The original meaning is \”of the people, by the people, for the people\”, but the result…

1% of the people in the United States control 40% of the wealth , almost all US congressmen are members of the 1% when they are in office, rely on the money of the 1% for re-election, serve the 1%, and even rely on the rewards of the 1% when they leave office.

——Nobel Prize winner and economist Stiglitz

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