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> his Secretary of Transportation is in charge of the FAA I actually don't believe this is true - I can look up citations in a bit, but the FAA is an independ
by ejstronge 8y ago
> his Secretary of Transportation is in charge of the FAA
I actually don't believe this is true - I can look up citations in a bit, but the FAA is an independent body whose directors are appointed by the president.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> but the FAA is an independent body whose directors are appointed by the president. The Federal Aviation Agency was an independent agency, but the Federal Aviation Administration, which it became, is a subordinate agency within the Department of Transportation. It has an Administrator, but it does not have directors, commissioners, or some other multimember voting governing body.
- ejstronge 8y agoUnfortunately didn't have a chance to check this on mobile, but the parent poster is correct: https://www.faa.gov/about/history/brief_history/#agency https://www.faa.gov/about/history/brief_history/#agency