Senate to Consider Huerta’s FAA Nomination

Stephen Pope

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 08:13 PM ET

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Michael Huerta

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Michael Huerta, currently Acting FAA Administrator, has been nominated by the Obama administration to officially head the FAA.
The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing for his nomination, where he is expected to be questioned on the progress and increasing costs of the FAA's 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.