The FAA Administrator

Following is an interview with the FAA Administrator, Randy Babbitt, published in the Washington Post. Being a pilot himself, he probably has aviation safety in mind more than most. In fact, this pull quote from the end of the article is excellent:

The reason this is worth pointing out is because the big issue for ultralight and sport pilot instructors is flight safety. Most aviation professionals would agree that a key component to flight safety are competent and accessible flight instructors. Currently most flight instructors in the low speed, high drag airplanes, gyroplanes, powered parachutes, and weight-shift-control trikes sidelined because of a lack of a proper Letter of Deviation Authority (LODA) order. That makes the correction of the LODA order to allow that training critical to flight safety. And that, of course, is entirely the responsibility of the good folks at the FAA itself.

That’s why I encourage people to write the administrator and explain the problems that the FAA needs to sort out. His contact information is:

Mr. Randy Babbitt
Administrator, AOA-1
Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20591

Now below is the interview with the Washington Post:

What do you consider to be a critical event–either educational or experiential–to your becoming the leader you are today?

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