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Senate to Consider Huerta’s FAA Nomination

Michael Huerta
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Key Takeaways:

  • Acting FAA Administrator Michael Huerta is undergoing a Senate Commerce Committee hearing for his nomination to officially head the agency for two terms.
  • Senators are expected to question Huerta extensively on the progress and significant cost overruns of the FAA's multi-billion-dollar NextGen air traffic modernization program.
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The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on Thursday to meet with Michael Huerta, the Obama administration’s nominee to head the FAA.

Huerta is now Acting FAA Administrator. He has served in that role since last December, when former FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt resigned after he was charged with drunken driving. Babbitt was found not guilty and has returned to the private sector as an aviation consultant.

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