Originally Posted by
krismiler
Any FAA official who grounded the B737 Max would have no chance of retiring from government service and joining Boeing. In the US, it's not unusual to have people moving from senior positions in the public sector into the private sector and vice versa within the same industry.
His name was Ali Bahrani, FAA Safety director (787 program) then after signing off on the battery fix (which didn't fix anything) went onto to lobby for more self regulation on behalf of the industry.
Now back with the revolving door at the FAA.
Regulatory capture is very real and soft corruption pays big dividend.