Regulations and Government
Trump Nominee for ICAO Draws ALPA Fire
White House nominated former Delta Air Lines pilot Jefferey Anderson to ICAO rep role
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President Donald Trump’s nomination for the role of ambassador and U.S. representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization is rankling the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which has been at loggerheads with the nominee, Jeffrey Anderson, over the airplane pilot mandatory retirement age.

On Thursday, the White House announced the nomination of Anderson to the role that has been vacant since C.B. “Sully” Sullenberger, the famed pilot who successfully landed an Airbus A320 on New York’s Hudson River in 2009, abruptly resigned in June 2022, just six months into the post.

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