FAA Chief Appears to Still Hold Airline Stock, Cantwell Says

The head of the US Federal Aviation Administration, Bryan Bedford, appears to have not divested stock in the airline he ran before joining the Trump administration, according to the top Democrat on the Senate committee overseeing the agency.

Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington state, sent a letter to Bedford Tuesday inquiring about his holdings in Republic Airways Holdings Inc., where he worked as president for more than 25 years.

“It appears you continue to retain significant equity in this conflicting asset months past the deadline set to fully divest from Republic, which constitutes a ...