Randolph Babbitt, the administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) testified before the House Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation about a two-year reauthorization of his agency’s programs. The Senate is currently debating a FAA reauthorization bill. Since 2007, the FAA has been operating under short-term extension. Mr. Babbitt was sworn in as the FAA’s sixteenth administrator in June 2009 and began his involvement in the aviation industry as a pilot flying for Eastern Airlines.