FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker announced he would resign from his position on Jan. 20, the same day Trump is inaugurated. His short term, which only began in October 2023, saw the agency take ...

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Mike Whitaker is leaving at the start of President-elect Trump’s term, a source familiar with his plans told The Hill. Whitaker will resign on ...

In the days following the Jan. 29, 2025, crash of a commercial plane with a Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C., social media posts suggested that Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, had pushed ...

Mike Whitaker, the previous FAA administrator, stepped down on Inauguration Day after just over a year on the job. He’d repeatedly clashed with Elon Musk — now in charge of a group tasked with ...

Former FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker resigned a day before Trump took office, bowing to pressure from SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk.

Mike Whitaker announced his pending resignation in a message to employees of the FAA, which regulates airlines and aircraft manufacturers and manages the nation’s airspace. He became the agency ...

that includes having a whistleblower program," FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker told a U.S. House hearing. "They launched without a permit," Whitaker said, referring to SpaceX launches in June and ...