Dec. 12 (UPI) --FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker will resign on President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration Jan. 20, ...

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.

The FAA ordered an independent panel hired to recommend ways to strengthen oversight of its air traffic control operations to stop work.

When Michael Whitaker last worked at the Federal Aviation Administration, his tasks included bringing air traffic control – which tracked airplanes using strips of paper – into the 21st century.

President Joe Biden officially nominated former FAA deputy administrator Michael Whitaker as the agency's top official Thursday. [Credit: Chris Rose/ AOPA] Michael Whitaker knows aviation.

President Biden plans to nominate Michael G. Whitaker to be the new chief of the Federal Aviation Administration, a position that has been open for more than 500 days. The nomination comes five ...

This time, he took aim at FAA head Michael Whitaker. “He needs to resign,” Musk wrote last week on X, the social platform he owns. Musk called out Whitaker for alleged inaccuracies the ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Michael G. Whitaker is an Administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration with nine videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2003 Forum as a ...

IndiGo welcomes Michael Whitaker, former FAA administrator, as an independent director. This move signals IndiGo's ambition for greater global presence. Whitaker's experience at United and ...