Oriana Pawlyk
@oriana0214.bsky.social
@politico aviation reporter. Ex-@Militarydotcom,@AirForceTimes. @MiamiUniversity alum. The B-1 ≠ nukes. 🇺🇸🇺🇦, Chicagoan, #avgeek. Opinions mine. RP, ♥️≠E
1/ One of my final stories before I take leave — a deep dive into the state of air travel safety today. Flying remains overwhelmingly safe, but as the @politico team found, there are symptoms of strain across the system that deserve attention.
September 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
1/ One of my final stories before I take leave — a deep dive into the state of air travel safety today. Flying remains overwhelmingly safe, but as the @politico team found, there are symptoms of strain across the system that deserve attention.
Trump's FAA pick acknowledges he doesn't have a 'commercial' pilot's license
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POLITICO Pro: Trump's FAA pick acknowledges he doesn't have a 'commercial' pilot's license
Bryan Bedford, the current CEO of Republic Airways, told senators as part of questions submitted for the record that he is not certified to fly commercially.
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June 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Trump's FAA pick acknowledges he doesn't have a 'commercial' pilot's license
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Trump’s FAA nominee, Bryan Bedford, has long claimed to have a commercial pilot’s license. He does not.
That, however, does not appear to threaten his confirmation, @oriana0214.bsky.social reports.
That, however, does not appear to threaten his confirmation, @oriana0214.bsky.social reports.
Trump’s FAA pick has claimed ‘commercial’ pilot license he doesn’t have
Bryan Bedford, the nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration, for years erroneously stated in his Republic Airways bio that he is a pilot with a “commercial” rating.
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June 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Trump’s FAA nominee, Bryan Bedford, has long claimed to have a commercial pilot’s license. He does not.
That, however, does not appear to threaten his confirmation, @oriana0214.bsky.social reports.
That, however, does not appear to threaten his confirmation, @oriana0214.bsky.social reports.
The aerospace sector has been lobbying the Trump administration not to allow a 10 percent tariff on goods be imposed this weekend as expected, arguing that the terms of a 1979 agreement should be honored instead.
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POLITICO Pro: Aerospace sector bracing for tariffs
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April 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The aerospace sector has been lobbying the Trump administration not to allow a 10 percent tariff on goods be imposed this weekend as expected, arguing that the terms of a 1979 agreement should be honored instead.
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Nice score. Absolutely jibes with how Rocheleau has kept a lower profile. From when some of us first heard Bedford’s name pop last week: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
March 20, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Nice score. Absolutely jibes with how Rocheleau has kept a lower profile. From when some of us first heard Bedford’s name pop last week: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
As I mention here, air travel is still the safest mode of transportation. That doesn’t mean there aren’t fissures in the system that need addressing. A system that doesn’t need to be kneecapped with additional cuts to the jobs that are part of the system’s backbone.
In today’s Politico Playbook:
A series of new employee cuts at the FAA is making an already anxious population even more concerned about air travel. Aviation reporter Oriana Pawlyk joins Playbook's Zack Stanton to discuss the implications.
The latest in today's Daily Briefing: t.co/DDMMgE2ciD
A series of new employee cuts at the FAA is making an already anxious population even more concerned about air travel. Aviation reporter Oriana Pawlyk joins Playbook's Zack Stanton to discuss the implications.
The latest in today's Daily Briefing: t.co/DDMMgE2ciD
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February 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
As I mention here, air travel is still the safest mode of transportation. That doesn’t mean there aren’t fissures in the system that need addressing. A system that doesn’t need to be kneecapped with additional cuts to the jobs that are part of the system’s backbone.
In today’s Politico Playbook:
A series of new employee cuts at the FAA is making an already anxious population even more concerned about air travel. Aviation reporter Oriana Pawlyk joins Playbook's Zack Stanton to discuss the implications.
The latest in today's Daily Briefing: t.co/DDMMgE2ciD
A series of new employee cuts at the FAA is making an already anxious population even more concerned about air travel. Aviation reporter Oriana Pawlyk joins Playbook's Zack Stanton to discuss the implications.
The latest in today's Daily Briefing: t.co/DDMMgE2ciD
https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL5369808204.mp3?updated=1740109098
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February 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In today’s Politico Playbook:
A series of new employee cuts at the FAA is making an already anxious population even more concerned about air travel. Aviation reporter Oriana Pawlyk joins Playbook's Zack Stanton to discuss the implications.
The latest in today's Daily Briefing: t.co/DDMMgE2ciD
A series of new employee cuts at the FAA is making an already anxious population even more concerned about air travel. Aviation reporter Oriana Pawlyk joins Playbook's Zack Stanton to discuss the implications.
The latest in today's Daily Briefing: t.co/DDMMgE2ciD
Are you an employee at the FAA / support FAA roles who was recently laid off or told to retire? Signal open at the QR link below:
February 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Are you an employee at the FAA / support FAA roles who was recently laid off or told to retire? Signal open at the QR link below:
I covered military aviation for 9 years, and now the intersection of regulation and commercial for four.
Aviation is just the thing I do.
Flying's gotten safer — and less reported on. Washington crash shows how the aviation beat is fading apnews.com/article/avia...
Aviation is just the thing I do.
Flying's gotten safer — and less reported on. Washington crash shows how the aviation beat is fading apnews.com/article/avia...
Flying's gotten safer — and less reported on. Washington crash shows how the aviation beat is fading
In the days after last week's plane collision in Washington, Pete Muntean was a fixture on the air at CNN. Pete who? Viewers may be forgiven for not knowing.
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February 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I covered military aviation for 9 years, and now the intersection of regulation and commercial for four.
Aviation is just the thing I do.
Flying's gotten safer — and less reported on. Washington crash shows how the aviation beat is fading apnews.com/article/avia...
Aviation is just the thing I do.
Flying's gotten safer — and less reported on. Washington crash shows how the aviation beat is fading apnews.com/article/avia...
Musk’s cost-cutters target U.S. aviation system
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Musk’s cost-cutters to ‘plug in’ to air traffic control system, Trump’s transportation chief says
Sean Duffy said that he’d spoken with Musk, calling him a “pretty remarkable guy” who has “access to the best technological people, the best engineers in the world.”
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February 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Musk’s cost-cutters target U.S. aviation system
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FAA reverses course on meeting prohibition, blaming rogue employee
The advisory panels tackle ways to reduce risk across the aviation system, taking guidance from airlines, union groups and even companies that make parts for aircraft.
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February 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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The Federal Aviation Administration has barred its employees from participating in a host of advisory committees intended to help come up with solutions to issues facing the aviation industry.
February 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Federal Aviation Administration has barred its employees from participating in a host of advisory committees intended to help come up with solutions to issues facing the aviation industry.
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ICYMI, @oriana0214.bsky.social & @jeffwise.bsky.social on safety issues around aviation in the wake of recent fatal crashes:
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How Preventable was the DC Air Crash? | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
A look at last week's collision between a passenger jet and Army Blackhawk Helicopter which marks in the worst aviation tragedy in the United States in decades.
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February 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
ICYMI, @oriana0214.bsky.social & @jeffwise.bsky.social on safety issues around aviation in the wake of recent fatal crashes:
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I've been way too busy to post a whole lot here lately, but I can't say enough about how proud I am of the @politico.com transportation team (esp @oriana0214.bsky.social, Sam Ogozalek and Chris Marquette) and how they rallied in this moment of national tragedy:
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'Nothing short of a nightmare': Jet, military helicopter collide near Reagan National
"May God bless their souls," President Donald Trump said after a passenger plane carrying 64 people collided with an Army helicopter on a training mission.
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January 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I've been way too busy to post a whole lot here lately, but I can't say enough about how proud I am of the @politico.com transportation team (esp @oriana0214.bsky.social, Sam Ogozalek and Chris Marquette) and how they rallied in this moment of national tragedy:
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Today:
- @usatoday.com's Francesca Chambers with Monday Morning Politics,
- Elizabeth Glazer on surprising crime trends in NYC,
- @oriana0214.bsky.social & @jeffwise.bsky.social on recent aviation accidents
- @keepitonthehdl.bsky.social on the winter blues
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
- @usatoday.com's Francesca Chambers with Monday Morning Politics,
- Elizabeth Glazer on surprising crime trends in NYC,
- @oriana0214.bsky.social & @jeffwise.bsky.social on recent aviation accidents
- @keepitonthehdl.bsky.social on the winter blues
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
February 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Today:
- @usatoday.com's Francesca Chambers with Monday Morning Politics,
- Elizabeth Glazer on surprising crime trends in NYC,
- @oriana0214.bsky.social & @jeffwise.bsky.social on recent aviation accidents
- @keepitonthehdl.bsky.social on the winter blues
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
- @usatoday.com's Francesca Chambers with Monday Morning Politics,
- Elizabeth Glazer on surprising crime trends in NYC,
- @oriana0214.bsky.social & @jeffwise.bsky.social on recent aviation accidents
- @keepitonthehdl.bsky.social on the winter blues
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
My latest: How years of safety warnings ended in a fiery crash above the Potomac politi.co/40BXch2 via @politico.com
How years of safety warnings ended in a fiery crash above the Potomac
Air traffic controller shortages, soaring travel demand, a surge of airport near-collisions and complaints of congressional dysfunction escalated before the U.S. saw its first fatal domestic airline c...
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January 31, 2025 at 12:49 AM
My latest: How years of safety warnings ended in a fiery crash above the Potomac politi.co/40BXch2 via @politico.com
ICYM yesterday: Boeing and its top lobbyist part ways subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024...
December 7, 2024 at 7:21 PM
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‘Typical Trumpian thing’: Aviation shrugs at Trump's DEI and ‘golden age of travel’ comments
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POLITICO Pro: ‘Typical Trumpian thing’: Aviation shrugs at Trump's DEI and ‘golden age of travel’ comments
As for Trump’s call to return the country to a “golden age of travel,” one travel industry executive said she saw that statement as Trump “leaning in” on what the travel experience needs to be.
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November 23, 2024 at 1:50 PM
‘Typical Trumpian thing’: Aviation shrugs at Trump's DEI and ‘golden age of travel’ comments
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Sectors of the aviation & travel industry seem eager for continuity, too, according to several people POLITICO interviewed who attended the U.S. Travel Association’s conference Wednesday.
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POLITICO Pro: TSA administrator says he hopes to stay on during Trump’s term
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Sectors of the aviation & travel industry seem eager for continuity, too, according to several people POLITICO interviewed who attended the U.S. Travel Association’s conference Wednesday.
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Potential Trump picks for DOT: A reality TV star, a rail antagonist — and a former Uber exec www.politico.com/live-updates... via @politico.com
Potential Trump picks for DOT: A reality TV star, a rail antagonist — and a former Uber exec
In the mix: Former Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.), former Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wisc.), and Emil Michael, a former Uber executive.
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November 18, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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Musk wants to publicly tangle with the regulator that has the most muscle to flex over his space business. Will his strategy work?
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The one agency that might have the muscle to oppose Elon Musk
Musk wants to publicly tangle with the regulator that has the most muscle to flex over his space business. Will his strategy work?
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November 18, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Musk wants to publicly tangle with the regulator that has the most muscle to flex over his space business. Will his strategy work?
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