Michael Whitaker, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), officially stepped down on January 20, leaving the agency without a Senate-confirmed leader at a crucial time.His ...

Dec. 12 (UPI) --FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker will resign on President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration Jan. 20, according to a letter he sent to the FAA workforce. Whitaker said serving as ...

While Elon Musk hacks away at the federal bureaucracy in the name of “efficiency,” his company Starlink appears poised to steal a multibillion-dollar government contract from Verizon.

Bryan Bedford, CEO of Republic Airways, nominated as FAA Administrator. Industry leaders praise his aviation expertise and leadership.

Bedford has led the regional carrier, which operates flights for the American Eagle, Delta Connection and United Express ...

The FAA, for example, fined SpaceX last year for safety and regulatory violations. Afterward, Musk publicly demanded the agency’s previous Senate-confirmed administrator, Michael Whitaker ...

Boeing has 90 days to develop a plan to address its quality control issues following a history of problems with its 737 Max line, Federal Aviation Administration chief Michael Whitaker said Wednesday.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is in turmoil, with deleterious effects that will extend to the avionics industry. For starters, the FAA is facing its first major aviation disaster in 16 ...

The Federal Aviation Administration’s leader stepped down on Jan. 20, months after Elon Musk demanded that he quit. The move by Michael Whitaker means the FAA has no Senate-confirmed leader for ...

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 ...

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow explained how pressures and supposed demands from Elon Musk led to former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator, Michael Whitaker, quitting his job on Inauguration ...