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Chris Rocheleau “Expected to Return as FAA Interim Chief”

The Wall Street Jour­nal (WSJ) tout­ed “An Exclu­sive” last week when jour­nal­ists Andrew Rangel and Ali­son Sider broke the news that for­mer FAA vet­er­an, Chris Roche­leau, is expect­ed to return as the Agency’s inter­im Chief.

The present leader, Michael Whitak­er, had decid­ed to step down on Jan­u­ary 20th, Don­ald Trump’s Pres­i­den­tial Inau­gu­ra­tion date, so it is imper­a­tive that a new Chief, act­ing or oth­er­wise, be found quick­ly to fill the vacan­cy.   

The WSJ writes, “Rocheleau’s immi­nent return is expect­ed to bring con­sid­er­able exper­tise back to the FAA, draw­ing from his exten­sive expe­ri­ence in the avi­a­tion sec­tor. This move comes at a cru­cial time as the FAA con­tin­ues to nav­i­gate the com­plex­i­ties of mod­ern air trav­el and safe­ty reg­u­la­tions.”

It goes on, “This lead­er­ship change high­lights the impor­tance of sea­soned over­sight in main­tain­ing the FAA’s stan­dards and address­ing emerg­ing chal­lenges in avi­a­tion safe­ty and admin­is­tra­tion.”

Roche­leau, CEO of the ‘Nation­al Busi­ness Avi­a­tion Asso­ci­a­tion’, most recent­ly served as the FAA’s act­ing Safe­ty Chief before leav­ing the agency in 2022. He pre­vi­ous­ly held oth­er senior roles, includ­ing as Chief of Staff and Head of Inter­na­tion­al Affairs.

Mean­while, Trump has named Sean Duffy as his pick for trans­porta­tion sec­re­tary and nom­i­nat­ed Steven Brad­bury, for­mer gen­er­al coun­sel for the Trans­porta­tion Depart­ment, as Duffy’s deputy.

Duffy’s Sen­ate con­fir­ma­tion hear­ing is planned for Wednes­day.

News Source: https://www.wsj.com/

(Top image: Chris Roche­leau)

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