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Update: FAA Chief Resigns Over Drunk Driving Incident
- Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:50pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — Randy Babbitt says he will resign as head of the Federal Aviation Administration following his arrest over the weekend on charges of drunken driving.
Babbitt said in a statement Tuesday that he didn’t want to allow anything to “cast a shadow” on the work done by his colleagues at the FAA.
The 65-year-old Babbitt was arrested Saturday night in Fairfax City, Va., by a patrolman who said the FAA administrator was driving on the wrong side of the road.
Just yesterday The Blaze reported that Babbitt had been placed on administrative leave pending a review of his employment by the FAA.
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Paige42986
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 11:30amHe deserved to be fired because drunk driving is no joke. There is no excuse he can make for that to be okay. To those people who feel sorry for him don’t because he could have killed someone.
Report Post »SafeLibraries
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 9:40pmHis problem is that he is not the president of the biggest library system making over half a million a year who gets arrested with 0.19 BAC. If he were, he would get to keep his job and people would be in awe:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204190704577024542581742750.html
New York Library Chief Caught in DWI Arrest
BY JENNIFER MALONEY AND SEAN GARDINER
The new president of the New York Public Library, Anthony Marx, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated Sunday after he sideswiped a parked vehicle with his library-owned Audi, law-enforcement officials said Monday.
His blood alcohol level was 0.19, more than twice the legal limit when he took a Breathalyzer test at a precinct, according to the criminal complaint and authorities.
Dr. Marx, who is 52 years old and lives in Morningside Heights, took the helm of the world’s largest circulating library three months ago. Previously, he was president of Amherst College, an elite liberal-arts college in Massachusetts.
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Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:11pmI feel sorry for him, alcohalism is no joke, but he did deserve to loose his job. I wish him well, hope he gets the help he needs.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:15pmBullcrap…Good riddance!
Report Post »Dalady
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:54pmThe ‘guilty until proven innocent’ policies of first drug testing, then including alcohol testing per FAA mandate, were policies that my husband lived with for years. His company fired people, no questions asked, no retest (in case of false positives), and no chance to rehab…just a hard landing with no parachute. This clown will probably just get reassigned to another cushy govt. post.
Kudos to the airplane mechanics with the scarred knuckles and the well-kept box of tools for keeping the flying public safe.
NOBAMA 2012
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:17pmThe Guiness made him drive on the wrong side of the road.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:47pmWell, at least this idiot is losing his job over his DWI arrest. He is/was the administrator of the FAA, who has no qualms about yanking the medical certificates and ending the career of any pilot that gets a DWI, even when it was not acquired during an episode related to their job. Don’t get me wrong, I’m certainly not endorsing pilots drinking, but there is a mandatory disclosure we have to fill out when we renew our medicals, that asks if we have had any DWI convictions and we give authorization for our driving records to be searched to prove or disprove what we say. So, it’s nice, that at least this once, the FAA is being held to something approaching the same standards as they hold us to.
Report Post »wolfagain
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:06pmHe resigned. Give him the credit that Holder does not deserve.
Report Post »possom
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 6:46pmOne down many, many, many, more to go!
Report Post »brntout
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 6:32pm@ELIASIM Unions have the same.Thanks!
Report Post »geonj
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 6:28pmanother excellent hiring by the obama administration. well done, sir.
Report Post »mosnar
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 6:24pm“…I meant the runway on the left!”
Report Post »ares338
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 6:12pmHe thought he was in England!
Report Post »brntout
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 6:04pmReally ,I feel safe knowing that this guy was in charge of the folks who direct aircraft through their ingress and egress.How many years did he do this only to finally get caught?
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 6:13pmAbusers take care of abusers, and that’s probably how he got the job to begin with.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:58pm@Eliasim
Report Post »Does being omnipotent & holier than thou ever get old for you? Not this post so much but I have been wondering for a while……..
TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:54pmI’ll drink to that.
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