By the time you read this, it’s highly likely this magazine’s Favorite Aviation Agency will have a new administrator. Michael P. Huerta has been serving as the FAA’s Acting Administrator and awaiting U.S. Senate confirmation for several months. In fact, the FAA has been without a full-fledged administrator for more than a year.
Michael P. Huerta is highly likely to be confirmed as the new FAA Administrator, having served as Acting Administrator for over a year following the resignation of his predecessor, Randy Babbitt.
If confirmed, Huerta would become the longest-serving FAA leader and is expected to have a significant impact on the implementation of the NextGen ATC system, particularly leading up to the 2020 ADS-B deadline.
Huerta brings extensive experience from various senior transportation and management roles to the FAA, and is described as enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the agency's challenges, especially NextGen.
By the time you read this, it’s highly likely this magazine’s Favorite Aviation Agency will have a new administrator. Michael P. Huerta has been serving as the FAA’s Acting Administrator and awaiting U.S. Senate confirmation for several months. In fact, the FAA has been without a full-fledged administrator for more than a year.
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