Not sure why this guy gets a thumbs up - I mean the previous choice of the KDEN airport manager was a clear miss, but someone who’s experience, according to LinkedIn, doesn’t seem to be anything other than corporate law, and who has never led an organization, seems like another miss for someone to address the Agency’s needs.
His CV show’s he was a lawyer for International and Regulatory Affairs for TWA and then United and then moved to be the head of regulatory lawyers for United
He then got a job called “Deputy Administrator and Chief NextGen Officer” at FAA for 3 yrs., but what were his results there? Google “NextGen_Implementation_Plan” for 2013 when he got there, and then find the same doc for 2017 after he left for how they had to re-plan in his wake, and see how much his timelines slid. Not saying it was all his fault, we all miss deadlines, but I am not trying to use my lack of project performance to claim I can lead an agency.
And now he’s leveraged his time in government “service” to find a seat at the table as a paid placement for a vaporware eVTOL . You can look for yourself about how far they’ve gotten on regulatory approval, which is what he is responsible for. (Look up all the experimental airworthy certificates issued to Supernal and tell me what you see)
He got a private license 10 years ago while at the FAA (maybe someone suggested he do it seem more qualified in the field) - good for him, but that was the end of it, his medical is expired, no BasicMed, so he is evidently not an active pilot.
So yeah, compared to the last nominee, the guy’s a gold mine, but objectively, it’s hard to see why he should lead the Agency.