This
week the Senate confirmed Steve Dickson for a five-year term as the head of the
FAA by a vote of 52-40. Dickson was most recently Delta's senior vice president
of flight operations before retiring in 2018.
Dickson
takes the reigns at the FAA from Acting Administrator Daniel Elwell who took on
the position when former administrator Michael Huerta’s term expired in January
2018.
House
Transportation Committee Ranking member Sam Graves released a statement saying,
“Having a confirmed leader in place at a federal agency as important as the FAA
is vital to ensuring the safety and improvement of the national aviation
system, and I commend the Senate for confirming Steve Dickson as the next
Administrator of the FAA. I also want to praise Dan Elwell, who has served as
the Acting Administrator for the last year and a half, for his stalwart
leadership and professionalism during very difficult circumstances. I
look forward to working with both of them as we move forward to attract more
Americans to careers in aviation, improve our aviation infrastructure across
the country, and maintain the safest aviation system in the world.”
