Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Aviation Administration is named in 23 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1981 to 2025.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-06 | FAA Announces 10% Air Traffic Reduction at 40 Airports Due to Shutdown Sean Duffy · Federal Aviation Administration · Air Traffic Controllers · Department of Transportation | reported | |
| 2025-11-05 | FAA Reduces Air Traffic by 10% at Major Airports as Unpaid Controllers Face Staffing Crisis During 40-Day Shutdown Federal Aviation Administration · Bryan Bedford · Sean Duffy | reported | |
| 2025-08-14 | Trump Eliminates SpaceX Environmental Safeguards via Executive Order Donald Trump · Elon Musk · SpaceX · Department of Transportation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-06 | SpaceX gets FAA permission for fivefold increase in Starship launches from Texas Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-07 | Elon Musk's Starlink Expands Rapidly in Federal Government Infrastructure Elon Musk · SpaceX · Starlink · Donald Trump · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-07 | SpaceX Confirms Starlink Loan Agreement with FAA for Infrastructure Testing Elon Musk · SpaceX · Federal Aviation Administration · L3Harris Technologies · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | FAA approves 4,000 Starlink terminals worth $400 million Federal Aviation Administration · Starlink · Tesla · State Department · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-25 | FAA approves 4,000 Starlink terminals, considers canceling $2.4B Verizon contract Federal Aviation Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX/Starlink · Department of Government Efficiency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-03-09 | Boeing Whistleblower John Barnett Found Dead During Deposition, Ruled Suicide John Barnett · Boeing · Charleston County Coroner · Charleston Police Department · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2024-01-05 | Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 Door Plug Blows Out at 16,000 Feet, Exposing Continued Boeing Safety Failures Alaska Airlines · Boeing · Spirit AeroSystems · Federal Aviation Administration · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2024-01-05 | Boeing 737 MAX Scandal Summary - 346 Deaths, $2.5B Fine, Zero Executive Prosecutions Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration · 346 crash victims · Dennis Muilenburg · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2020-09-16 | House Committee Report Documents Boeing-FAA Regulatory Capture That Killed 346 People House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · Representative Peter DeFazio · Representative Rick Larsen · Federal Aviation Administration · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2020-01-09 | Boeing Internal Messages Released - "Designed by Clowns, Supervised by Monkeys" Boeing employees · Federal Aviation Administration · Department of Justice · House Transportation Committee · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-03-13 | FAA Finally Grounds 737 MAX After 51 Other Countries Act First, Exposing Regulatory Capture Federal Aviation Administration · Boeing · Acting FAA Administrator Dan Elwell · European Union Aviation Safety Agency · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2019-03-10 | Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 Crashes Due to MCAS Malfunction, Killing All 157 Aboard Ethiopian Airlines · Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration · MCAS system · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-10-29 | Lion Air Flight 610 Crashes Due to Boeing 737 MAX MCAS System Malfunction Lion Air · Boeing · MCAS system · 189 victims · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-07 | Dan Elwell Becomes Acting FAA Administrator After Boeing Executive Career Dan Elwell · Federal Aviation Administration · Michael Huerta · Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao · +8 | confirmed | |
| 2017-05-16 | Boeing Delivers First 737 MAX Despite Internal Safety Concerns About MCAS Boeing · Malindo Air · Southwest Airlines · Federal Aviation Administration · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2016-11-01 | Boeing Obtains FAA Approval to Conceal MCAS System from Pilot Manuals and Training Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration · Boeing pilots · Airline pilots · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-01-01 | Boeing Rushes 737 MAX Development to Beat Airbus, Cutting Development Time in Half Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration · Airbus · Boeing engineers · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2013-08-01 | FAA Safety Official Ali Bahrami Leaves for Aerospace Industries Association During Boeing 737 MAX Development Ali Bahrami · Federal Aviation Administration · Boeing · Aerospace Industries Association · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2005-06-15 | FAA Delegates Safety Certification Authority to Boeing Through Organization Designation Authorization Program Federal Aviation Administration · Boeing Corporation · Aircraft manufacturers · FAA certification officials · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1981-08-03 | Reagan Fires PATCO Strikers: Union-Busting Era Begins Ronald Reagan · Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization · PATCO · Federal Aviation Administration | confirmed |
Network neighbors
Boeing
11× shared
Elon Musk
5× shared
SpaceX
4× shared
Donald Trump
3× shared
Sean Duffy
3× shared
346 crash victims
2× shared
Aerospace Industries Association
2× shared
Boeing Corporation
2× shared
Boeing engineers
2× shared
Department of Justice
2× shared
Department of Transportation
2× shared
FAA certification officials
2× shared
House Transportation Committee
2× shared
John Barnett
2× shared
MCAS system
2× shared
Starlink
2× shared
Trump Administration
2× shared
Verizon
2× shared
157 victims from 35 countries
1× shared
171 passengers and 6 crew members
1× shared
189 victims
1× shared
737 MAX
1× shared
Acting FAA Administrator Dan Elwell
1× shared
Air Traffic Controllers
1× shared
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