Dec. 12 (UPI) --FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker will resign on President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration Jan. 20, according to a letter he sent to the FAA workforce. Whitaker said serving as ...

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Whitaker announced Thursday he will resign Jan. 20 amid ongoing tensions with SpaceX over regulatory compliance and launch permits.

20, months after Elon Musk demanded that he quit. The move by Michael Whitaker means the FAA has no Senate-confirmed leader for one of the biggest crises in its history because he quit before ...

SpaceX strongly disputed Whitaker's comments, saying "every statement he made was incorrect." The FAA declined to respond. "SpaceX is the safest, most reliable launch provider in the world ...

NEW YORK—Two “tours of duty” in the leadership ranks of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) afforded Michael Whitaker time to form a few views on how to make the agency more effective.

Whitaker, who plans to step down in two weeks to let President-elect Donald Trump pick his own FAA administrator, looked back on his decision last January to ground all 737 Max jets with similar ...

A team from Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been drafted in to help overhaul the U.S. air traffic control systems. The move to bring in more experts within Musk’s circle follows the Trump ...