Coming out of the Covid pandemic, the FAA has had to reevaluate itself and “take a focus back on our core mission” as it works to wade through the lengthy certification, registration, and other services backlogs, said Jodi Baker, the FAA’s deputy associate administrator for aviation safety. Speaking to the attendees of the National Air Transportation Association Air Charter Summit this morning, Baker noted that the agency realized that “there's more activity and we can't keep managing work the same way we always have.”
The FAA has been evaluating how it could leverage its workforce and prioritize, she said, conceding that there were efficiencies needed and lessons learned from the pandemic environment when people worked remotely. While she said that while the remote work in itself wasn’t an issue, collaboration and meeting management needed improvement.
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