Panaka OP t1_jdtniw3 wrote
Reply to comment by Badird in President Biden's nominee to head the FAA has withdrawn after Republican criticism by Panaka
> He is CEO of Denver Airport
Most CEOs don’t have any knowledge on what is and isn’t legal. The only credibility being CEO of KDEN adds is that he has experience leading a large transportation organization (his previous experience in California is better to lean on).
> has a list of former FAA Heads that vouch for him
Have those 3 Administrators been any good though? The FAA has been in a rough spot the past 15-20 years, I’d hesitate taking any of their opinions alone as a sign of a worthy candidate.
The reasons the FAA are so “buddy buddy” with the industry are due to those same people.
> Also, 3 of the last 5 to hold this position were not pilots.
I’d actually say normal airline pilots aren’t who you want running an organization like the FAA, rather someone familiar with the overall FARs and their implementation. Sometimes that’s a pilot, other times it’s someone in some other facet.
It’s a massive misnomer the flying public normally makes. Pilots don’t normally know the regs all that well.
> I can’t find a good reason for him as a bad pick, which I partly blame on media bias.
My personal problem with him is that a Republican Congressman was able to ask about FARs that are relevant to major controversies with the industry and he couldn’t respond to any of them.
The next Admin will be in charge of rebuilding the agency’s credibility in wake of the MAX8 crashes, the terrible state of the ATC system (staffing), the backwards medical program, and a modernization program that should have been completed a decade ago. As the nominated Administrator for just under a year, you should be able to answer questions about at least one of those.
Personally I think he could be a great C Suite level manager if you ignore the current litigation involved in his past position, but getting blind sided like he did was almost as bad as Kavanaugh crying over beer. You’re going to get questions on regulations, you really need to at least have a means to talk your way out of it. He has to inspire confidence and his confirmation hearing did the opposite.
> I also refuse to take Ted Cruz at his word.
I will forever vote against him, but a broken clock can be right twice a day.
Badird t1_jdtq2mq wrote
Your best point, at least for me, is that if you're embroiled in this for months, you should have an answer to the questions you'll definitely be asked.
I think I can agree with you on most of this, thanks for the reply.
yawetag12 t1_jdtrr0h wrote
Whoever was responsible for prepping him should be fired.
Shopworn_Soul t1_jdtw2ov wrote
Couldn't possibly expect him to prep himself like some pleb
booga_booga_partyguy t1_jdu9ek4 wrote
>The only credibility being CEO of KDEN adds is that he has experience leading a large transportation organization (his previous experience in California is better to lean on).
To add to this:
It'a not even a large transportation organisation, but a transport hub. It's like a warehousing company's CEO taking over a trucking company. Yes, there is definite knowledge overlap, but that is limited as they are two fundamentally different types of businesses.
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