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.

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

In January 2024, former President Joe Biden's FAA chief Mike Whitaker imposed a 38 planes per month production cap after a door panel missing four key bolts flew off the Alaska Airlines 737 MAX.

The FAA position has been vacant since January 20, when FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker stepped down a little more than one year into a five-year term when Trump took office.