Members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted 14-12 along party lines in favor of former Delta Air Lines executive Stephen Dickson becoming the next administrator of the FAA on Wednesday. Dickson was nominated for the position last March. As previously reported by AVweb, the nomination process was slowed when allegations that retaliatory actions may have been taken against a pilot who raised safety concerns while Dickson was in a leadership position at Delta were discovered. The allegations are currently the subject of an ongoing lawsuit, which Dickson did not disclose to the Senate committee.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/flight-safety/faa-regs/faa-administrator-nominee-advanced-for-senate-vote