Tag: Steve Dickson

December 13, 2019

THE 11-MONTH GROUNDING? The FAA could sign off on software changes and pilot training requirements for the MAX in February, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Air Current also reported that the FAA probably won’t unground the jet before then, […]

August 13, 2019

DICKSON LANDS AT FAA: The agency has a Senate-confirmed administrator in place for the first time in more than a year and a half after Dickson, a retired Delta Air Lines executive, was sworn in on Monday. As our Brianna […]

July 25, 2019

DICKSON CONFIRMED: The Senate gave Dickson the green light to be administrator of the FAA on Wednesday in a 52-40 party-line vote, with seven presidential candidates and Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) not voting. (Isakson is in Georgia recovering after a […]

July 9, 2019

DEMS LEANING TOWARD OPPOSING FAA NOMINEE: Democrats on the Senate Commerce Committee are leaning against supporting Steve Dickson’s nomination for FAA administrator, your host and Brianna Gurciullo reported Monday evening. So far, there are only two confirmed no’s — ranking […]

March 20, 2019

DICKSON PICKED: Nearly 15 months after the FAA’s last permanent administrator departed, Trump nominated Steve Dickson, a former Delta Air Lines executive, to replace him. The nomination comes at a time of crisis for the agency, which is under scrutiny […]