New FAA Administrator
Acting, at least. Slipped in at the bottom of a list of last-minute appointments to things like the Holocaust Memorial Council and the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, is the notice that as of January 16, Lynne Osmus, a career FAA employee, will be the agency's Acting Administrator. She was chief of staff to two FAA Administrators appointed by Bill Clinton, David Hinson and Jane Garvey. Her expertise is in security; she took over the Civil Aviation Security Program just before 9/11 and led the agency's post-9/11 response, as well as the transition of airport security functions over to TSA. It's not clear yet where she stands on the hot-button issue of bargaining rights for FAA employees, or the pay and work rules air traffic controllers are working under now. It'll be interesting to find out. More information as I find it.
(H/T: Alexis Simendinger)
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If NATCA didn't get Santa Garvey back, they may have gotten one of her elves instead. About the last thing FAA needs is to have the union running ATC again - a healthy balance (instead of hard-over one way or the other) would make for a nice change. Let's see if the new administration can manage that.
Observerus Posted Thursday, January 8, 2009 7:35 AMWith Bobby Sturgell's pending departure, somebody has to be Acting Administrator and Lynne is an able designee. But don't fool yourself into thinking that she is anything more than a caretaker until Obama appointments to Administrator and Deputy are made. The union bloggers in particular have been blowing this move way out of proportion.
been there/done that Posted Thursday, January 8, 2009 10:35 AMYeah that would make sense, a group of people who actually know what they're doing running ATC. God forebid!
r u 4 real Posted Thursday, January 8, 2009 1:23 PMQuiet Rockland "welcomes" Lynne Osmus, new acting deputy head:
http://www.LynneOsmus.org
John J. Tormey III, Esq. Posted Sunday, January 18, 2009 3:54 PMI think observerus should take a 30k pay cut like I had to make under a medical hardship and force him/her to work traffic....real traffic, and be abused by management for three years then I might feel bad for them.
hoopah! Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 8:26 PM