Jobs in Aviation Series: FAA Administrator Michael Huerta

Thursday, August 03, 2017 at 06:35 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

The FAA is shifting to risk-based decision-making, requiring new data analysis skills.
The FAA employs around 47,000, including engineers and technicians, but needs more data analysts.
The FAA welcomes second careers, particularly those with IT and data analysis expertise.
The FAA's top initiatives focus on this risk-based approach and leveraging data analysis.

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