Expert Opinion
Readers Choose Former Cessna CEO for Top FAA Post
In informal AIN survey, readers favor Jack Pelton, former Cessna CEO, to be the next FAA Administrator.

In an informal reader poll conducted on AINonline, readers chose Jack Pelton, the former CEO of Cessna Aircraft, by a margin of 46 percent (89 votes) to be the next FAA Administrator.

Coming in second was Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the US Airways captain who successfully ditched an Airbus A320 in the Hudson River, with 20 percent (39 votes) and in third place with 12 percent (22 votes) was Deborah Hersman, current chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.