FAA Administrator Steve Dickson Steps Down

AUVSI thanks Administrator Dickson for his service, leadership, and dedication to aviation safety. As he stated in his departure letter, “The agency is in a better place than it was two years ago, and we are positioned for great success,” and I couldn’t agree more. As a member of the FAA’s Management Advisory Council (MAC), I had the opportunity firsthand to watch the serious nature of Administrator Dickson’s attention to detail and focus on safety.

The drone and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industries represented by AUVSI benefitted from Administrator Dickson’s leadership in advancing steps toward the safe integration of drones in the national airspace and movement towards enabling AAM operations in the future with new, advanced technologies like Vertical Takeoff and Lift (VTOL). Administrator Dickson led the finalization and implementation of…