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 ...

Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Mike Whitaker will be resigning as the head of the agency on President-elect Donald Trump's Inauguration Day rather than serve the rest of his term.

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration says he will step down next month to let President-elect Donald Trump name his choice to lead the agency ...

FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker will resign his post early next year, he announced Thursday. An internal email announcing the decision posted on X by CNN transportation reporter Alexandra ...

In August, the FAA said it had doubled its enforcement ... threatening a lawsuit and even calling on the administrator to resign.

Mr. Whitaker is stepping down just as the deputy administrator, Katie Thomson, is also departing, leaving an unexpected leadership void atop an agency that has struggled in recent years to find a ...

He served as deputy FAA administrator during the Obama administration, and later as an executive for an air taxi company. Less than three months into his tenure leading the FAA, a Boeing 737 Max ...

FILE - FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker testifies before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, Sept. 24, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.