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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.
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 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]
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]
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Billy Nolen, a former acting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator, said Monday that now is the time for air traffic control upgrades. “[One of the things] I’ve testified both ...
Mike Whitaker, the previous FAA administrator, stepped down on Inauguration Day after just over a year on the job. He’d repeatedly clashed with Elon Musk — now in charge of a group tasked with ...
Before this, she served a five-year term as the 15th Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. Blakey was the second woman to hold the position, serving as a successor to Jane Garvey, the first woman to hold the Administrator title. She was the second Administrator who was not a licensed pilot.