Stephen Dickson (executive)
Steve Dickson | |
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Dickson in 2015 | |
| 18th Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration | |
| In office August 12, 2019 – March 31, 2022 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Deputy | Daniel Elwell |
| Preceded by | Michael Huerta |
| Succeeded by | Billy Nolen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stephen Marshall Dickson September 3, 1957 Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | United States Air Force Academy (BS) Georgia State University (JD) |
Stephen Marshall Dickson (born September 3, 1957) is an American former Air Force pilot and Delta Air Lines executive who served as the 18th Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from August 2019 to March 2022.
Prior to Dickson's appointment to the Federal Aviation Administration, he spent 27 years at Delta, first as a pilot and later overseeing pilots as the senior vice president of flight operations until he retired. In March 2019, President Donald Trump nominated Dickson to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Chairman of the Air Traffic Services Committee. On July 27, the United States Senate confirmed Dickson in a 52–40 vote. He was sworn in as Administrator by Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on August 12, 2019.