Regulations and Government
Who will succeed FAA Administrator Garvey?
After completing the first five-year term as FAA Administrator in history, Jane Garvey will step down on August 4–and there will likely be no deputy waitin

After completing the first five-year term as FAA Administrator in history, Jane Garvey will step down on August 4–and there will likely be no deputy waiting in the wings to bridge the gap to her successor. Monte Belger, who has been acting deputy administrator for several years, said he will retire July 31 after more than 30 years with the agency.

This is a particularly critical time for the FAA, which is also trying to attract a COO to run its new ATC service performance-based organization (PBO) mandated by Congress several years ago. In addition, it is about one-third of the way through an ambitious operational evolution plan (OEP) to modernize the entire ATC system.