{"id":1917856,"date":"2023-04-21T23:43:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T03:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faa-administrator-to-depart-amid-crisis\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T23:44:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T03:44:40","slug":"faa-administrator-to-depart-amid-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faa-administrator-to-depart-amid-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Administrator of FAA to leave in the midst of crises"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffaa-administrator-to-depart-amid-crisis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1917856&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">A<\/span>cting <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/faa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Aviation Administration<\/a> Administrator <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/the-faa-needs-an-experienced-aviation-leader-not-a-political-partisan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billy Nolen<\/a> will be stepping down from his position over the summer. <\/p>\n<p>An inner letter that was <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/04\/21\/faa-to-lose-top-leader-just-as-travel-heats-up-00093344\">obtained by<\/a> <i>Politico <\/i><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/faa-acting-chief-billy-nolen-to-depart-1051c708\">and<\/a> the<i> Wall Street Journal<\/i> contained the news. To spend more time with his life, according to Nolen, he is resigning.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/the-faa-needs-an-experienced-aviation-leader-not-a-political-partisan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neither A POLITICAL PARTISAN, BUT AN Skilled AVIATION LEADER IS NEEDED BY THE FAA.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>He said,&#8221; I&#8217;ve&#8217;ve given everything to this organization, and now it&#8217;s&#8217;s time to do the same for my family ,&#8221; who have helped me out so much while I was a member of the FAA.<\/p>\n<p>Nolen continued,&#8221; Now is the time for a fresh master to lead the FAA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His exit comes after the organization hasn&#8217;t had a president appointed by the Senate for more than two years.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-transportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transportation<\/a> Secretary <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-buttigieg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Buttigieg<\/a> praised Nolen&#8217;s tenure in a statement, saying he had kept safety at the forefront of his priorities. <\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg praised Billy as a great leader, fair expert, and devoted public servant.<\/p>\n<p>The FAA&#8217;s&#8217;s top executive is leaving as the organization deals with a number of problems, including many near-collisions between planes at terminals, the anticipated return of air travel to pre-pandemic levels, and lagging concept that has resulted in plane grounded.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER, CLICK HERE.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ted-cruz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ted Cruz<\/a>( R-TX ) proposed Nolen as a viable alternative to the Biden administration&#8217;s&#8217;s choice of Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington, who withdrew from consideration in response to Republican opposition because he was well-liked by both parties.<\/p>\n<p>The <i>Wall Street Journal<\/i> reported that Nolen removed himself from the White House&#8217;s&#8217;s elite pool to take the position of agency leader.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acting Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Billy Nolen will be stepping down from his position over the summer. The announcement was made in an internal memo obtained by Politico and the Wall Street Journal. Nolen said he is stepping down to spend more time with his family. 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