<[link removed]>Friend – Five years ago, in the wake of the second catastrophic air disaster in less than six months, the Boeing 737 Max was grounded worldwide.

It wasn’t the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration – the global standard bearer for aviation safety – that ordered the newest Boeing plane to ground.

In fact, the FAA initially refused to ground the plane, stating there was “no reason” to justify that order after 346 people died in nearly identical crashes.

Our federal regulators only buckled under pressure after more than 60 countries + the European Union grounded the plane.

A massive investigation followed, and Boeing agreed to pay a $2.5 billion settlement in exchange for not pleading guilty to any charges related to the deadly crashes.

It’s worth noting that the settlement, hailed at the time as a “historic victory” for transportation safety, comes to only 2% of their profits from the last decade plus.

It’s also worth noting that paying that puny fine did nothing to dissuade Boeing from continuing to cut corners on passenger safety.

Fast forward to today: the number of serious safety incidents with Boeing is accelerating.

In January, a door plug blew off of a Boeing plane moments into the flight. 

In March, a WHEEL fell off a Boeing plane during take-off.

A few weeks ago, another Boeing 737 skimmed just 500 feet over an Oklahoma suburb when the plane malfunctioned on approach to the runway.

These are just a fraction of the known Boeing incidents this year.

The evidence against Boeing for unfettered corporate malfeasance is so overwhelming that the company is now facing criminal prosecution.

There is indeed a reckoning coming for the world’s largest aerospace company, but that reckoning must also include the unconscionable lapses in regulatory oversight brought on by corporate capture in our government.

Last year Boeing spent nearly $15 million lobbying elected officials, and as many as 72% of those lobbyists formally held government positions.

Lawmakers in Congress with direct oversight responsibilities are effectively on Boeing’s payroll, accepting tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign cash to unwind regulations.

The problem is so obvious and egregious that one Congressional investigation determined FAA regulations had become “limp and malleable” while “Boeing — not the FAA — was comfortably piloting its own regulatory fate.”

This is the perfect illustration of how corporate capture of our government regulatory bodies harms the public.

The FAA answers to the President, and you deserve a president who will put public safety ahead of corporate profits every time. Ours is the only pro-worker, pro-humanity, pro-peace and pro-planet campaign that will be on the ballot across the country this November. Can I count on your support to get our movement in front of every voter? <[link removed]>

<[link removed]>DONATE <[link removed]>This is so much bigger than one company or even one industry.

With the recent Supreme Court decision radically dismantling the administrative state, even those regulations that remain are now at risk of being wiped out. The impact on public safety is catastrophic as the guardrails are now FULLY dismantled.

This ends with us.

I’ve never taken a dime from corporate PACs or lobbyists, and I never will.

We will fight for publicly financed elections so that their blood money can never be used to buy the silence or complicity of public servants.

We will restore transparency and trust in our government institutions, and we will ALWAYS put people over profits.

In solidarity and gratitude,

Jill

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