The Nation - News from July 12, 1989
Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner swore in James B. Busey as the new administrator of the 50,000-employee Federal Aviation Administration. Busey, the former commander of U.S. Navy forces in Europe, succeeds T. Allan McArtor, who resigned as FAA administrator in February. The FAA oversees nonmilitary aviation and includes air traffic control operations that monitor and guide aircraft through U.S. skies. It also is responsible for the safety of all types of aircraft. Among challenges Busey faces are the need to modernize and expand the air traffic control system, protect the safety of the nation’s aging airliner fleet and meet the threat of terrorism.
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