The manager of the Federal Aviation Administration, Michael Whitaker, dismissal From his position on January 20 after repeated requirements of Elon Musk that he stopped, so that the agency without a leader confirmed by the Senate during a major crisis after a major crisis airplane crash.
Musk called For the resignation of Whitaker in September after the FAA chef had suggested to pay the SpaceX company from Musk $ 600,000 In civil fines for not following licensees during two launches in 2023. Whitaker told a Congrispanel the moment fines “were the only tool that we had to comply with safety matters.”
The technical CEO and Fascism -lover Repeated Whitaker of his X account and claimed in a message That the FAA 'SpaceX was troubled'. Musk also answered an X poster who said that the FAA should “not exist” and attacked Whitaker to prevent his goal of colonizing Mars.
“The fundamental problem is that humanity will forever be limited to the earth, unless there is radical reform at the FAA!” Musk placed in a answer To the Australian YouTuber Marcus house.
FAA managers usually serve for a period of five years, but Whitaker served only one year and replaced Trump-appointed Stephen Dickson in 2022. Whitaker was confirmed by a dual vote of 98-0-0 Senate in October 2023.
A commercial flight from American Airlines on Wednesday collision With an army helicopter above Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, where everyone is killed on board both aircraft.
Since January 20, the head of the FAA has been deputy FAA manager Chris Rocheleau, who was sworn alone last weekGive him a stiff learning curve early at work.
When Whitaker announced in December that he would resign, he told FAA staff in an e -mail: “The United States are the safest and most complex airspace in the world, and that is due to your dedication to the safety of the flying public.” Wednesday's disaster will certainly raise questions about whether something went wrong in air safety protocols and whether disruption has contributed to the crash at the agency.
