1 day ago · Elon Musk’s team will now dig into the nation’s aviation system, the Trump administration announced on Wednesday. Mr. Musk, on the social media platform X, said that President Trump’s cost ...

1 day ago · Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday said the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will make “rapid safety upgrades” to the air traffic control systems with the Federal Aviation ...

1 day ago · On the heel of a deadly plane crash outside of Washington, DC, Elon Musk says the "Department of Government Efficiency" will be making changes to the country's air traffic control system. Musk ...

1 day ago · Musk followed up on X, saying, "With the support of President @realDonaldTrump, the @DOGE team will aim to make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system.

1 day ago · The Federal Aviation Administration may be the next target for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In an X post on Wednesday, newly appointed Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he recently spoke with the DOGE team about plans to “plug in to help upgrade our aviation system.”. Last week, the FAA’s Notice to …

Jan 30, 2025 · The Musk-Whitaker feud goes back to two SpaceX launches in the summer of 2023—before Whitaker had even taken over at the FAA. In a Sept. 17, 2024, post on its website, the FAA said that in June ...

Jan 30, 2025 · The Federal Aviation Administration’s leader stepped down on Jan. 20, months after Elon Musk demanded that he quit. The move by Michael Whitaker means the FAA has no Senate-confirmed leader for ...

6 days ago · For example, one post on X implied that Whitaker's departure had been a result of Musk retaliating for a fine the FAA slapped on SpaceX the year before: The post had amassed 2.6 million views and ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Mike Whitaker, the previous FAA administrator, stepped down on Inauguration Day after just over a year on the job. He’d repeatedly clashed with Elon Musk — now in charge of a group tasked with slashing the government’s headcount by President Donald Trump — over safety issues at his space company, SpaceX.

Nov 18, 2024 · Frustrated, then-FAA Administrator Steve Dickson, who had been nominated during Trump’s first term, called Musk in March 2021 to reprimand him during what the FAA official said was a...