> A country isn’t a company, nor is the executive branch. It is an analogy, which is why I used the word analogous, and it still fits. The power of the Execut

> A country isn’t a company, nor is the executive branch. It is an analogy, which is why I used the word analogous, and it still fits. The power of the Executive Branch is vested in the President of the United States, who also acts as head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. There isn't any framework to have a rebuttal to that, this is as succinct as it gets. SOME agencies are independent of this structure. They are called independent agencies. Other agencies are not. The President's primary role in this capacity is to steer the executive branch, and this is done using rather mundane executive orders which are usually merely plans, again ANALOGOUS to a companies quarterly or annual goals. A CEO lays out the mission and the organization follows that. The job title is a 3-part job. Head of executive branch, head of state, and commander-in-chief of armed forces. The celebrity status and reliance on The President's every move and stance on everything is merely happenstance, but a byproduct of the constitutional government becoming involved in every aspect of American society, having subsequently created all these "not-companies" with millions of employees, and perpetual armed conflicts around the world. So finally, head of the executive branch, for agencies not independent of this structure, the President is ANALOGOUS to the Chairman/CEO and has ultimate say in steering them. There is no tradition that was violated. Anyway, on the topic at hand, the FAA followed the order and indications from the President and issued their own.