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“People want oversight when something goes wrong,”
“出現問題的時候，人們便希望政府啟動監管程序，”
said Peter Goelz, a former managing director of the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates aviation accidents.
負責調查航空事故的國家運輸安全委員會前常務董事彼得·戈爾茲說。
“But at the same time, they do not want these companies tied up in knots and not able to produce products for the marketplace.”
“但他們也不希望這些公司因此陷入困境，無法繼續為市場生產產品。”
Ali Bahrami, the F.A.A.’s top safety official, used to be an executive at the Aerospace Industries Association,
聯邦航空管理局的高級安全官員阿里·巴拉米曾經是美國航空航天工業協會的高層領導，
a trade group whose members include Boeing as well as many other companies in the aviation industry.
該協會是一個貿易組織，波音公司等航空業許多其他公司都是它的會員。
In 2013, he urged the F.A.A. to “allow maximum use of delegation.”
2013年，巴拉米就曾敦促聯邦航空管理局“允許最大限度地委托企業”。
“With the worldwide market shifting to Asia and the developing world,
“隨著國際市場轉向亞洲和發展中國家，
it would be detrimental to our competitiveness if foreign manufacturers are able to move improved products into the marketplace more quickly,”
外國制造商要是能更快地將改進后的產品推向市場，我們的競爭力就會受到打擊，”
he said in prepared testimony for a congressional hearing.
他在為一場國會聽證會準備的證詞中說。
But the relationship between Boeing and the F.A.A. prompted concern even before the 737 Max crashes.
問題是，在波音737Max客機墜毀之前，波音公司與聯邦航空局的關系就引發了人們的擔憂。
In 2012, an investigation by the Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector General
2012年，交通運輸部檢察長辦公室展開了一項調查，
found that F.A.A. managers had not always been supportive of efforts by agency employees to “hold Boeing accountable.”
調查發現，聯邦航空管理局的管理者們并非總是很支持底下員工“對波音問責”的工作。
F.A.A. employees viewed their management as “having too close a relationship with Boeing officials,”
管理局的員工認為他們的管理層“與波音的工作人員關系過于密切，”
according to a report from the inspector general’s office.
監察長辦公室的報告顯示。
A 2015 report by the inspector general’s office expressed concern about the certification process.
監察長辦公室2015年的一份報告對波音飛機的認證過程表示了疑慮。
“During our review, industry representatives expressed concern that F.A.A.’s focus was often on paperwork — not on safety-critical items,” the report said.
報告提到，“在我們審查的過程中，行業代表們擔心，聯邦航空管理局把重點放在了書面工作上而不是對安全至關重要的問題上”。
The same year, a Boeing executive at a congressional hearing
同年，波音公司的一名高管在國會聽證會上
described the arrangement as effectively having an “arm of the F.A.A. within the Boeing Company.”
形容這一安排無異于“在波音公司內部安插了一個聯邦航空管理局的分支”。
Some 1,000 employees, the executive said, were part of the program.
這位高管說，大約有1000名員工參與了這個項目。
“Boeing and the F.A.A. have had an almost symbiotic relationship,”
“波音和聯邦航空管理局之間差不多是一種共生關系，”
said Michael Dreikorn, an aviation safety expert who previously worked in a safety oversight role at the F.A.A.
曾經在聯邦航空管理局安全監管部門工作的航空安全專家邁克爾德雷科恩說。
“The relationship is too cozy.”
“兩者的關系太密切了。”
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