The FAA, for example, fined SpaceX last year for safety and regulatory violations. Afterward, Musk publicly demanded the agency’s previous Senate-confirmed administrator, Michael Whitaker ...

Previously, the billionaire called for FAA administrator Michael Whitaker’s resignation, after the agency fined SpaceX for failing to get approval for rocket launch changes. After his repeated ...

NEW YORK—Two “tours of duty” in the leadership ranks of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) afforded Michael Whitaker time to form a few views on how to make the agency more effective.

Sean Duffy, secretary of the Department of Transportation, which oversees the FAA, announced in a post on X that SpaceX engineers would be visiting the Air Traffic Control System Command Center in ...

Bryan Bedford, CEO of Republic Airways, nominated as FAA Administrator. Industry leaders praise his aviation expertise and leadership.

Bedford has led the regional carrier, which operates flights for the American Eagle, Delta Connection and United Express ...

The move by Michael Whitaker means the FAA has no Senate-confirmed leader for one of the biggest crises in its history because he quit before Donald Trump took office. Whitaker ran the FAA for ...

The FAA, for example, fined SpaceX last year for safety and regulatory violations. Afterwards, Musk publicly demanded the agency’s previous Senate-confirmed administrator, Michael Whitaker, resign; ...