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Michael Gordon Whitaker (born June 21, 1961) [1] is an American lawyer who served as the 19th administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from 2023 to 2025. He previously served as chief operating officer of Supernal under the Hyundai Motor Company from 2020 to 2023, as principal of the aviation consultancy Whitaker Air Space from 2016 to 2020, and as deputy administrator of FAA ...
In 2022, Rocheleau left the FAA to become the chief operating officer (COO) for the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA). [3] In January 2025, at the start of the Donald Trump administration, Rocheleau returned to the FAA as the deputy administrator. [4] He later was appointed acting administrator of the FAA on January 30, 2025. [6]
In July 2022 Biden nominated Washington to serve as administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, but Congress delayed taking action to confirm him over concerns about his lack of expertise in the area [1] [2] and Washington withdrew from the nomination on March 25, 2023. [3]
Elon Musk pushed Federal Aviation Administration Chief Michael Whitaker from his post just 10 days before the deadly plane and Black Hawk helicopter crash over Washington, DC.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Mike Whitaker is leaving at the start of President-elect Trump’s term, a source familiar with his plans told The Hill. Whitaker will resign on ...
FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker plans to step down on Jan. 20, while Deputy FAA Administrator Katie Thomson left the agency last week. Trump has not yet named a new nominee to head the department.
The FAA was created in August 1958 () as the Federal Aviation Agency, replacing the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA). In 1967, the FAA became part of the newly formed U.S. Department of Transportation and was renamed the Federal Aviation Administration.
The FAA also said Deputy Administrator Katie Thomson will step down on Jan. 10, which will mean Mark House, the agency's assistant administrator for finance and management, will be the agency's ...