President Trump on Thursday named Chris Rocheleau as acting administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after a fatal plane crash near Washington, D.C. The big picture: Rocheleau worked at the FAA for more than two decades and most recently served as an executive at a professional aviation association.

Mike Whitaker, unanimously confirmed as the FAA administrator in October 2023, stepped down early from his five-year term on Jan. 20 when Trump took office and for 10 days the FAA declined to say who was running the agency on an acting basis. Trump has not yet named a permanent candidate to replace Whitaker.

President Donald Trump named Chris Rocheleau as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) acting administrator in the wake of the American Airlines plane crash near the Reagan National Airport on Wednesday.

President Trump has appointed Chris Rocheleau as the acting FAA administrator following a tragic aircraft collision near Washington, D.C. Rocheleau, with over two decades of experience at the FAA, most recently served as the chief operating officer at the National Business Aviation Association.

President Trump has appointed the former COO for a lobbying group to serve as the acting leader for the Federal Aviation Administration.

US president Donald Trump named Chris Rocheleau, who has logged 20 years working at the Federal Aviation Administration, as the agency's acting administrator, a move following the 29 January mid-air collision involving a passenger jet near Washington,

President Donald Trump appointed Chris Rocheleau as acting administrator of the FAA after a plane crash near Reagan National Airport Wednesday night.

President Donald Trump on Thursday named Chris Rocheleau, a National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) executive and 22-year FAA veteran, as acting FAA administrator in the wake of a fatal midair collision in the Washington, D.C., area that is believed to have killed 67 people.