FAA Administrator Whitaker to Resign on Inauguration Day

Mark House will be the Federal Aviation Administration’s senior acting official during the transition to the second Trump administration.

Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Whitaker in Washington on Feb. 6, 2024. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Mike Whitaker announced on Dec. 12 that he would resign from the agency on President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration day.

Whitaker’s resignation, which will offer Trump a chance to choose the next head of the FAA, was detailed in a letter to the agency’s workforce on Thursday. The administrator called his leadership role an “honor of a lifetime.”