J. Randolph Babbitt
Director of the Federal Aviation Administration (since May 2009)
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stands between the airline industry and public safety. Employees of the FAA often have friendships with airline managers, forged through years of service as a pilot, engineer or company head. But this relationship has become controversial in recent years as the FAA has failed to crack down on obvious problems.
Babbitt also has many friends in the industry, but he differs from former FAA officials in an important respect. As the former head of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), Babbitt has demanded better pay and benefits for pilots from airlines. A veteran pilot himself, who goes by the nickname Randy, Babbitt was nominated in March 2009 to a five-year term as a compromise pick between airlines and labor leaders.
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