DeFazio Wants Next FAA Head to Ensure 'Safe Coexistence' of 5G, Airplanes
House Transportation Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., said Thursday he wants President Joe Biden to pick a successor to retiring FAA Administrator Steve Dickson who’s “committed to the highest standards of aviation safety,” which in part “means someone who will…
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… ensure the safe coexistence of 5G wireless service and aviation.” Some House Transportation members criticized Dickson and FCC officials during a hearing this month for the interagency spat over the aviation safety implications of rolling out 5G service on the C band (see 2202030081). Dickson told FAA staff Wednesday he will resign March 31; he still had two years left in the term he began in 2019. “After sometimes long and unavoidable periods of separation from my loved ones during the pandemic, it is time to devote my full time and attention to them,” Dickson said. Dickson “has led FAA through a difficult three years, & I have appreciated working with him" to “address serious concerns about 5G deployment near the nation’s airports,” tweeted Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Rick Larsen, D-Wash.