Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Whitaker announced Thursday he will resign Jan. 20 amid ongoing tensions with SpaceX over regulatory compliance and launch permits.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Whitaker has announced plans to leave his position as the agency’s leader on January 20, 2025, ahead of the Trump administration’s ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is facing its first major aviation disaster in 16 years without a leader because Elon Musk helped push him out. Michael Whitaker stepped down as FAA ...

Mr. Trump described Rocheleau as "highly respected." The Federal Aviation Administration's most recent administrator, Michael Whitaker, resigned when President Trump took office last week.

The world’s richest man apparently thought it was a good idea to bully the Federal Aviation Administration chief out of his job. The administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, Michael ...

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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 the administration since Oct ...