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[The Trump FAA are clueless political hacks, not professional safety experts and airmen.] Surely you have the FAA employee turnover % numbers available since T

• mywittyname 8y ago
  Not to defend the parent comment, but the Director of the FAA was replaced with a Trump appointment about a year ago after completing a 5 year term. The FAA went from being led by a Democrat, civilian, and life-long civil servant to Republican Air Force LtCol. I would be surprised if they had similar views on how best to lead the agency. From the wikipedia article about our current FAA Director: > Elwell was named Vice President of the Aerospace Industries Association[5] in 2008 where he stayed until 2013. Elwell was a civil aerospace manufacturer representative in this capacity where he was an advocate for various companies.[2] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-swamp-earns-its-wings-airline-lobbyist-takes-control-of-the-faa https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-swamp-earns-its-wings...