Prioritize Safety Over Efficiency, Former FAA Administrator Urges

Former FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker speaking at the Wings Club in New York, Feb. 27, 2025.
Credit: Christine Boynton/Aviation Week
NEW YORK—Two “tours of duty” in the leadership ranks of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) afforded Michael Whitaker time to form a few views on how to make the agency more effective. At the top of his list of takeaways: refocusing the mission to center on just one thing. “Safety should...
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