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 ...

The FAA is about 3,500 air traffic controllers short of targeted staffing levels and has about 10% fewer controllers than it ...

CEO Kelly Ortberg is set to testify on Wednesday before Congress. Then FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker in February 2024 ordered Boeing to implement a safety and quality improvement plan and ...

FAA chief urges SpaceX to comply with safety standards after Musk criticizes fine 'They launched without a permit,' Whitaker said, referring to SpaceX launches in June and July of last year in ...

Musk has called for the resignation of FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker and threatened to sue the agency. SpaceX suggested last month the delay in FAA approval was over "superfluous environmental ...

In January 2024, former President Joe Biden's FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker imposed a 38-plane monthly production cap after a mid-air emergency on a new Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 that remains in ...

Mike Whitaker, chief of the Federal Aviation Administration, said in an online post Friday that his agency also has more work to do in its oversight of Boeing. Whitaker, who plans to step down in ...