{"id":396,"date":"2025-03-17T22:35:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T23:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/?p=396"},"modified":"2025-03-24T11:26:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T11:26:52","slug":"trump-taps-bryan-bedford-to-head-faa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/17\/trump-taps-bryan-bedford-to-head-faa\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump taps Bryan Bedford to head FAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump has tapped Bryan Bedford, the president and CEO of Republic Airways, to head the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrian brings over three decades of experience in Aviation and Executive Leadership to this critical position,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114179858983072823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said in a Truth Social post<\/a>. \u201cBryan will work with our GREAT Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, to strongly reform the Agency, safeguard our exports, and ensure the safety of nearly one billion annual passenger movements. Congratulations Bryan!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s Monday post follows recent <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/transportation\/5189076-faa-ntsb-dca-midair-collision-helicopters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">turmoil surrounding the aviation industry<\/a> in the wake of multiple notable plane crashes. The crashes raised questions about aviation safety in the first few months of the second Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Bedford is currently the president and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/rjet.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Republic Airways<\/a>, which describes itself as \u201cone of the largest regional airlines in North America.\u201d According to the airline&#8217;s website, it provides American Eagle, United Express and Delta Connection-branded flights.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the FAA denied Republic Airways\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/transportation\/3650793-faa-rejects-airlines-request-to-reduce-pilot-time-requirement-amid-hiring-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">request to cut the flight time<\/a> needed for new pilots in half in the case of them attending the airline&#8217;s training school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re disappointed \u2014 but not surprised \u2014 that our petition to the FAA was not met with the review and engagement it deserves,\u201d Bedford said in response to the denial. \u201cDespite the rhetoric to the contrary, our proposal would enhance safety by providing students a highly structured, mission-specific training approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5183121-rubio-musk-clash-at-trump-cabinet-meeting-nyt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Earlier this month<\/a>, The New York Times reported Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy had alleged during a Cabinet meeting that staffers with the Department of Government Efficiency had tried to fire air traffic controllers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump has tapped Bryan Bedford, the president and CEO of Republic Airways, to head the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). \u201cBrian brings over three decades of experience in Aviation and Executive Leadership to this critical position,\u201d Trump said in a Truth Social post. \u201cBryan will work with our GREAT Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, to strongly reform the Agency, safeguard our exports, and ensure the safety of nearly one billion&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":397,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions\/397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}