Posted on Oct 25, 2023
Senate votes 98-0 to confirm Biden’s nominee to run the FAA
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"Michael Whitaker, a former deputy administrator at the Federal Aviation Administration, most recently was chief operating officer of a company developing an air taxi."
Senate votes 98-0 to confirm Biden’s nominee to run the FAA
Posted from nbcnews.com
Joe Biden
United States Senate
Posted 6 mo ago
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LTC Eugene Chu
..."Whitaker will take over an agency that faces many challenges, including a surge in close calls between planes at major airports, a shortage of air traffic controllers, and aging technology that resulted in a brief nationwide halt in flights in January.
Whitaker's confirmation seemed assured last week, when members of the Senate Commerce Committee endorsed him unanimously.
On the Senate floor Tuesday, committee chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., said Whitaker's priorities will be to "build a strong safety culture, attract new talent and keep pace with technology transformation.”
Whitaker was Biden's second choice for the job. The nomination of Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington languished for months, then failed to get out of the Commerce Committee because of opposition from Republicans and independent Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.
The FAA has been without a Senate-confirmed administrator since March 2022, when Stephen Dickson stepped down midway through his five-year term."
..."Whitaker will take over an agency that faces many challenges, including a surge in close calls between planes at major airports, a shortage of air traffic controllers, and aging technology that resulted in a brief nationwide halt in flights in January.
Whitaker's confirmation seemed assured last week, when members of the Senate Commerce Committee endorsed him unanimously.
On the Senate floor Tuesday, committee chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., said Whitaker's priorities will be to "build a strong safety culture, attract new talent and keep pace with technology transformation.”
Whitaker was Biden's second choice for the job. The nomination of Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington languished for months, then failed to get out of the Commerce Committee because of opposition from Republicans and independent Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.
The FAA has been without a Senate-confirmed administrator since March 2022, when Stephen Dickson stepped down midway through his five-year term."
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