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The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that DOT\nDeputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg will serve as acting FAA administrator,\nreplacing Billy Nolen, who announced his intention to step down from the\nposition earlier this year. Kathryn \u201cKatie\u201d Thomson will serve as the FAA\u2019s\ndeputy administrator, replacing Brad Mims, who is assuming a new, senior role\nat the DOT as head of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business\nUtilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The announcements come as Congress considers the next\nmulti-year FAA reauthorization bill. The reauthorization debate is taking place\namidst an extraordinary pace of change for the agency and industry, as sweeping\nnew technologies are nearing certification, aviation safety remains a top\npriority and a new generation of aviation professionals will be needed in the\ndecades to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
National Business Aviation Association President and CEO Ed\nBolen noted that the presence of Trottenberg and Thomson is especially welcome\nas the industry awaits the nomination of a permanent administrator for the\nagency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is extremely important for the FAA to have proven\nleaders stepping into the roles of acting FAA administrator and deputy FAA\nadministrator,\u201d said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. \u201cAs Billy Nolen departs\nfor the private sector, and Brad Mims assumes a new, key role at DOT, Polly\nTrottenberg and Katie Thomson will be excellent in those positions.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
NATA President and CEO Curt Castagna said, \u201cWith both the\nSenate and House slated to mark up their respective FAA Reauthorization bills\nnext week, proven leadership at the FAA is both timely and welcome and we\napplaud the Biden Administration for taking action. Trottenberg and Thomson\u2019s\nyears of experience at the DOT will provide stability as the spotlight\ncontinues to shine on aviation in the coming months. NATA looks forward to\nfulfilling its mission as an educator and safety advocate for aviation\nbusinesses in advancing these discussions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NBAA\u2019s Bolen also underlined the need for a confirmed\nadministrator to lead the FAA. \u201cThe U.S. has the world\u2019s largest, safest and\nmost efficient aviation system, and it\u2019s important the administration provide\nstability at the agency by making a timely FAA administrator nomination,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trottenberg has served for more than two decades in a\npublic-sector career, including in several top positions at various levels of\ngovernment. She served from 2014 \u2013 2020 as transportation commissioner for New\nYork City, managing a large agency that oversees the city\u2019s roadways, as well\nas its maritime, cycling and pedestrian infrastructure, and preparedness for\nemerging transportation technologies. Trottenberg served in the Obama\nadministration as assistant secretary and undersecretary for policy at the DOT,\noverseeing a portfolio that included roads, railways and aviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thompson has served as FAA chief of staff since February of\nthis year, bringing her longtime expertise in transportation law and managerial\nexperience to the agency. She previously served as DOT general counsel and FAA\nchief counsel during the Obama administration. In her role at the DOT, she\nserved as director, bipartisan infrastructure law implementation, successfully\ndedicating more than $600 billion for new and expanded programs across all\ntransportation modes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both NBAA and NATA thanked Nolen and Mims for their\ncontributions to aviation. \u201cNATA thanks Billy Nolen for his service as Acting\nFAA Administrator and wishes him the best. Nolen\u2019s unwavering commitment to\ncontinuous safety improvement, meaningful industry collaboration, and workforce\nrecruitment fit for the future has served us all well and sets a solid\nfoundation for those who will follow. We look forward to continued work with\nthe FAA to further his efforts to foster a culture of safety through SMS\nadvancement, unlock the potential of data-sharing in creating a more predictive\nsafety system, and empower the advent of new technologies,\u201d stated NATA\nPresident and CEO Curt Castagna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
National aviation associations reacted to the Biden administration\u2019s naming of two proven leaders to fill top positions at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that DOT Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg will serve as acting FAA administrator, replacing Billy Nolen, who announced his intention to step down from the position earlier […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25834,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25832\/revisions\/25834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}