President Trump appointed Christopher Rocheleau, a 22-year FAA veteran, as acting administrator of the agency.

"This was not the enemy," press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, attributing the statement to President Donald Trump.

While that office may be ready to go to work, the FAA itself is not fully on the job. That’s because it’s without an administrator. Michael Whitaker, who had led the administration since Oct., 2023, ...

Musk has publicly clashed with the FAA and its former chief, Michael Whitaker. The Federal Aviation Administration is facing ...

The world’s richest man apparently thought it was a good idea to bully the Federal Aviation Administration chief out of his ...

Federal Aviation Administration Chief Michael Whitaker resigned from his position just 10 days before the deadly plane and Black Hawk helicopter crash over Washington, DC, Wednesday. Whitaker ...

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow explained how pressures and supposed demands from Elon Musk led to former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator, Michael Whitaker, quitting his job on ...

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy claimed the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficient (DOGE) will assist ...

Rachel Maddow tells the story of how the former FAA administrator, Michael Whitaker, fell afoul of Elon Musk and was driven from his position upon Donald Trump taking office. With Trump's ...

Trump also announced that he was naming Chris Rocheleau (right) to be acting FAA administrator — replacing Michael Whitaker, who resigned on Jan. 20. Getty Images Trump also announced that he was ...