FAA Administrator charged with DUI

[Brasilia Pup]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs.../12/05/gIQAkNjdWO_blog.html?wprss=crime-scene

 

[Max Q]

*warmfuzzy*

 

[at7driver]

whats that thing.. oh ya karma...

 

[Trcb777]

He has to tell the FAA in 60 day

 

[HA25]

this can't be good for anyone.... hate that it happened.

 

[Clutch]

Wow...

 

[WSurf]

this can't be good for anyone.... hate that it happened.

True, but remember he's in the Elite Club! He's walking around with millions in his pockets. We're not in that club. He'll be just fine.......

 

[LanceAir]

Possible correlation to no FTDT????????

 

[HA25]

Possible correlation to no FTDT????????

I have a friend with the FAA and he said there's a lot of stress over there about this issue... that they're seeing a lot of hard work and a one time chance to make some major and needed changes being flushed away by lobbying and this might have taken a toll on the top guy himself... drank himself too hard...

 

[TexPilot]

No excuses, give him the boot!! Freking kidding me??

 

[JettBoii]

I need a drink.

 

[Inconceivable]

Just remember, when he goes, so does the in-house push for FTDT.

When that dies a slow death in the coming election year say good bye to the new staffing models that would have gotten you to upgrade or hired at a major.

Schadenfreude seems like fun at first, until you realizes it impacts you too.

 

[Max Q]

Just remember, when he goes, so does the in-house push for FTDT.

When that dies a slow death in the coming election year say good bye to the new staffing models that would have gotten you to upgrade or hired at a major.

Schadenfreude seems like fun at first, until you realizes it impacts you too.

Babbitt gets a DUI and you're going to be stuck at a regional for the rest of your life.

You heard it here first.

 

[zonejumper]

He just resigned....

 

[brokeflyer]

he shoulda let them fire him, so he can collect unemployment.

 

[HA25]

He just resigned....

Just pray we get someone remotely as labor friendly as him as an appointment....... God knows now with Republicans running congress, no matter who Obama nominates, they'll block him unless he is in ATA's pocket.

 

[resetjet]

He just resigned....

Maybe his replacement will actually get something done!

 

[HA25]

from my Facebook page; yes Gordon is one of my friends!

Wow, Today our Government ousted a true aviation legend, Randy Babbitt. Randy was a professional aviator, former ALPA President and straight thinker and a great FAA Administrator. No one brought a more balanced perspective to the world of commercial aviation than Randy. How can a life time (he was only 65) be eradicated by one traffic ticket for alleged DUI. He hasn't even had his day in court. We always were willing to work with our professional work force to rehabilitate / help and give another chance to anyone....nobody's perfect. Randy deserved the same basic rights as any Airline employee or Military airman to a recovery program. What a loss for commercial aviation...what a loss for our country. Where do we find someone to replace even 70% of what he brought to the table everyday. Wow....in Europe they assign senior government officials personal drivers to ensure they get home safely after spending an evening toasting visiting officials at an official dinner.....We need more people like Randy Babbitt to guide us through an ever evolving, complex world of commercial aviation. We're all going to miss him...even those who never knew what he id everyday of us. Something is really wrong with a system that throws the best over the side at the first hint of anything socially not "acceptable". Loyalty should always be a two way street.

maybe he thinks Randy was set up?

 

[N813CA]

I think he deserves a second chance. Just like every pilot that get's one DUI gets a second chance...

 

[surplus1]

Politics will not permit a second chance. We've lost a really good man.

 

[HA25]

Politics will not permit a second chance. We've lost a really good man.

someone gets it... this guy was our friend at the FAA.... we're unlikely to get anyone close to as sympathetic to pilots again.

 

[Speedtape]

Does he lead by example?

 

[Golden Falcon]

I think he deserves a second chance. Just like every pilot that get's one DUI gets a second chance...

You'd better re-read the regs on that one Bro...

 

[Clutch]

You'd better re-read the regs on that one Bro...

Sounded like sarcasm to me Bro

 

[ultrarunner]

One might argue that Randy wasn't fired because he was arrested for an alleged DUI, but because his boss read about it in the paper the next morning while Randy was out flying a trip on an FAA aircraft!

 

[booo]

One might argue that Randy wasn't fired because he was arrested for an alleged DUI, but because his boss read about it in the paper the next morning while Randy was out flying a trip on an FAA aircraft!

Explain.

 

[ultrarunner]

Explain.

Explained:

http://articles.cnn.com/2011-12-07/...al-aviation-administration-officials?_s=PM:US

 

[no1pilot2000]

Randy Babbitt..poor baby.

 

[flyboyike]

maybe he thinks Randy was set up?

Set up how, someone force-fed him booze and them forced him to drive?

 

[HA25]

Set up how, someone force-fed him booze and them forced him to drive?

I don't know, but he clearly things Babbit should not have been ousted.