Former airline captain Joseph Emerson, indicted for trying to shut off a plane's engines mid-flight in 2023, speaks to "CBS ...

The panel had been tasked late last year by then-FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker to study ways to reduce conflicts of interest in the FAA’s oversight of air traffic control organization.

"We need to have a system that allows people to be more forthcoming and to have treatment for issues that shouldn't keep you out of the cockpit," then-FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker said ...

The former FAA chief announced in December that he would resign on January 20 – the day President Donald Trump was inaugurated. Whitaker did not say why he was resigning, however his five-year ...

The head of the FAA, Mike Whitaker, will step down on Jan. 20, leaving the key agency that oversees Boeing and the U.S. airline industry without a leader.

Former FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker speaking at the Wings Club in New York, Feb. 27, 2025.

"The rule will be in place within a year," FAA Deputy Administrator Michael Whitaker said in testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

IndiGo’s board of directors has appointed former FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker as an independent director to support India’s dominant airline. The appointment, announced April 24, is ...

For starters, the FAA is facing its first major aviation disaster in 16 years without a confirmed leader, following the departure of Michael Whitaker. Chris Rocheleau, appointed by President Trump ...

Whitaker served as the head of the FAA, the U.S. agency in charge of air safety, efficiency, and the air traffic system, from October 2023 to January this year, during which he oversaw the agency ...

Donate now Whitaker, the FAA administrator appointed by President Joe Biden in September 2023, resigned on Jan. 20, the day Trump was sworn into office.