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 is facing a Senate Commerce Committee hearing for his nomination as the permanent FAA Administrator.
He has served as Acting FAA Administrator since December, following the resignation of Randy Babbitt (who was later found not guilty of DUI charges).
Senators are expected to question Huerta extensively on the 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.