FAA Administrator Quit on Jan 20 After He Was Told to Resign

Friday, January 31, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration's leader stepped down on Jan. 20, months after Elon Musk demanded that he quit.

Posted by qcp at 04:33 PM | 6 COMMENTS | permalink

Reminder: FAA head Michael Whitaker resigned last month despite having years left on his term. His decision came as a tremendous potential gift to Elon Musk, who has claimed that the agency treats his companies unfairly.

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-- Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) January 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM

Comments

Good thing there hasn't been a major air disaster at a US airport killing dozens of people... oh, wait!

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-30 11:17 AM

Left ten days before our first mid-air crash in 16 years, so ... not his problem ... But watch Elon Trump do his best to make it his problem.

#2 | Posted by censored at 2025-01-31 04:54 PM

What a little p*****.

He should have forced Trump to fire him.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-01-31 04:56 PM

It was the problem of the outgoing individual as had the position for years and apparently, like Pete whom he fell under, had not managed to have the tower fully staffed. Apparently both of them were asleep at the wheel.

#4 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-02-01 09:53 AM

Leon has traded his exploding cars for exploding planes.

#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-01 10:07 AM

Musk did not like being fined for his activities, so threatened Whitaker.

Trump claims "The drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized to be flown by the FAA for research and various other reasons".

Karoline Leavitt claims that the UAP "were not the enemy", then stated they are airplanes and citizens flying drones.

The news says nothing. It continues nightly and news has blacked it out.

What does Musk have to do with this operation?

#6 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-02-02 11:23 AM

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