Senate Confirms Heads for FAA, FTA

The Senate late Thursday confirmed Randy Babbit, former president of the Air Line Pilots Association, as the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.

The confirmation for the five-year post came late Thursday, Aero-News Network reported.

In addition to Babbit’s tenure as president of ALPA, a pilots' union, he has served as a partner with Oliver Wyman, an aviation consulting firm.

The Senate also confirmed Peter Rogoff as administrator of the Federal Transit Administration, said the Transportation Trades Department of AFL-CIO, a union federation.