President Trump moved Thursday, appointing Christopher Rocheleau, a 22-year FAA veteran, as acting administrator of the agency. Mr. Trump described Rocheleau as "highly respected." The Federal ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is fighting a class-action lawsuit alleging it denied 1,000 would-be air traffic controllers jobs because of diversity hiring targets — as it was revealed ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA ... ensuring the safety of airplane and helicopter traffic.” “This is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s ongoing commitment to ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said late on Thursday he will soon announce a plan to reform the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after a devastating ...

Federal employees — including ones within the FAA — received a letter from the government urging them to find other jobs a day before and the day after the disastrous Washington, DC ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is indefinitely restricting helicopter flights near Washington Reagan National Airport after a deadly collision between an ...

There’s one problem though. While that office may be ready to go to work, the FAA itself is not fully on the job. That’s because it’s without an administrator. Michael Whitaker, who had led ...

In a Thursday press briefing, President Trump criticized his predecessor for his management of the Federal Aviation Administration and suggested, without evidence, that diversity initiatives at ...

But it’s also worth noting that some of Trump’s specific assertions about the FAA’s push to hire people with disabilities were either inaccurate or missing critical context about what ...

President Trump announced Thursday he would appoint an acting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator in the wake of the midair crash between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter ...

Rachel Maddow tells the story of how the former FAA administrator, Michael Whitaker, fell afoul of Elon Musk and was driven from his position upon Donald Trump taking office. With Trump's ...