In a vote along party lines, the Senate approved the nomination of former Delta VP of flight pperations Steve Dickson as the next FAA administrator on Wednesday. Dickson, who was a line pilot with Delta before going to the head office, was nominated by President Donald Trump in March. While at Delta, he served on key committees designing the future of airspace and air traffic control in the U.S. that led to the formation of the NextGen Advisory Committee on which he served until his retirement from Delta. Dickson will succeed Acting Administrator Dan Elwell who has been in that post since the beginning of 2018.
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