Summary
FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker resigned on Jan. 20, leaving the agency leaderless amid a major aviation crisis.
His departure followed months of clashes with Elon Musk, who criticized the FAA for imposing $600,000 in fines on SpaceX and called for Whitaker’s resignation.
Musk accused the FAA of obstructing space exploration.
Whitaker’s exit comes as the FAA faces air traffic controller shortages and a major runway collision investigation.
I’m good with the TSA being destroyed. That was just pork barrel politics and security theater from the start.
It’s also one of the largest federal work programs since the civilian conservation Corp. Getting rid of it without a replacement in line =bad for economy and jobs.
I wonder how many TSA agents voted for Trump?
The TSA is the second largest employer of high school dropouts in the country, after Walmart. Education level is highly correlated with voting patterns.
Probably all of them.
Edit: Well, all of them that can legally vote. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them had criminal records that prevented them from voting.
Put the TSA agents to work doing something actually useful and productive then.
Boo friggity hoo.
The TSA can do their job without any leadership and there would be no consequences.
Cops without oversight end up veering off course. Things can get worse.