The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation which regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters. Its powers include air traffic control,certification of personnel and aircraft,setting standards for airports,and protection of U.S. assets during the launch or re-entry of commercial space vehicles. Powers over neighboring international waters were delegated to the FAA by authority of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Pamela Ann Melroy is an American retired United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut serving as the deputy administrator of NASA. She served as pilot on Space Shuttle missions STS-92 and STS-112 and commanded mission STS-120 before leaving the agency in August 2009. After serving as deputy program manager of Space Exploration Initiatives with Lockheed Martin,Melroy joined the Federal Aviation Administration in 2011,where she was a senior technical advisor and director of field operations for the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
Marion Clifton Blakey is an American businesswoman and former government official who served as president and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America. Prior to joining Rolls-Royce,she served as the eighth full-time chief executive of the Aerospace Industries Association,an American defense industry trade association from 2007 to 2015. Before this,she served a five-year term as the 15th Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. Blakey was the second woman to hold the position,serving as a successor to Jane Garvey,the first woman to hold the Administrator title. She was the second Administrator who was not a licensed pilot. She was awarded the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy in 2013.
Jane F. Garvey is a former government transportation and public works official,now an American business executive,currently serving as the chairman of Meridiam North America. She was the first female Administrator of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration from 1997 to 2002. In May 2018,she was tapped to become the first female Chairman of United Continental Holdings.
Trusten Allan McArtor was the Administrator of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration from 1987 to 1989.
David Russell Hinson was an American aircraft pilot,former head of Midway Airlines,and former administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Mark Victor Rosenker was an American aviation official who served as the 11th chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) from August 2006 through August 2008. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Chairman Rosenker was renominated by President Bush for a second term as chair and was going through the Senate confirmation process,which basically ended when President Obama was elected in November 2008. He served as acting chair starting in March 2005 to August 2006 and then again from August 2008 until his resignation from the board in August 2009,when he returned to private life. He died on September 26,2020,from brain cancer at the age of 73.
Robert Allan Sturgell is a former Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),having served from September 14,2007,to January 15,2009. Appointed to the position on September 14,2007,by President George W. Bush,he was never confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Prior to his appointment,he had served as Deputy Administrator of the FAA since 2003.
Jerome Randolph “Randy”Babbitt, is an American businessman and former government official. He served as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from 2009 to 2011.
Michael Peter Huerta is an American government official who served as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from 2013 to 2018. He was also Acting U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Donald Trump for 11 days in 2017 until the Senate confirmed the appointment of Elaine Chao to the position.
Christopher A. Hart is an American lawyer,government official,and pilot. He served as the 13th chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. He served as Acting NTSB Chairman beginning April 26,2014,and in June 2014 was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as Chairman of the NTSB. He was confirmed to serve as chairman on February 5,2015. Robert Sumwalt succeeded him as chairman in August 2017.
Donald Lee Moak is an expert in aviation safety,consultant,and the co-founder of Intrepid,a public affairs,advocacy,and business consulting firm located in Washington,D.C. He previously served as co-chair of The DOT Special Committee to Review FAA’s Aircraft Certification Process. Before joining Delta Air Lines and working his way up to a B-767 Delta Air Lines captain,Moak served as a Marine Corps and U.S. Navy Reserve fighter pilot,and as president of the Air Line Pilots Association,International (ALPA).
David Grizzle is a business executive with experience in the airline and aerospace industries and founder of Dazzle Partners,LLC. and served as Chief Operating Officer for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),overseeing the United States air traffic control system. He has also served as Acting Deputy Administrator of the FAA and Senior Vice President of Continental Airlines.
Spence M. "Sam" Armstrong is a retired three-star general,combat veteran,and test pilot in the United States Air Force (USAF). In his thirty-four years of military service,he served in command assignments at five different levels in the USAF and retired as vice commander of Air Force Systems Command.
Jeffrey Adam Rosen is an American lawyer who served as acting United States attorney general from December 2020 to January 2021 and as United States deputy attorney general from 2019 to 2020. Before joining the Department of Justice,he was a senior partner at the law firm Kirkland &Ellis and was the United States deputy secretary of transportation.
Stephen Marshall Dickson is an American former Air Force pilot and Delta Air Lines executive who served as the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from August 2019 to March 2022.
Joel Szabat is a former American government official and military officer serving on the Amtrak Board of Directors since 2024. He previously served as Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and International Affairs.
Edward L. Bolton Jr. is a retired United States Air Force major general who last served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller. In 2013,he was the assistant administrator for the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) at the Federal Aviation Administration On July 1,2018,he was hired as senior vice president of Defense Systems Group. In November 2023,Bolton was appointed as the Federal Aviation Administration Chief of Staff.
Billy Nolen is an American government official who served as acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from April 1,2022 to June 2023.
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