Reply #4: Randy Babbitt, US aviation chief, resigns over drink driving charge [View All]

Source: The Guardian

Randy Babbitt, the chief of America's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), resigned on Tuesday over a drunken driving charge.

Babbitt, 65, had been placed on a leave of absence as officials pondered how to handle the fallout from the weekend arrest of a man who is arguably the world's most senior air safety regulator.

He was charged with driving while intoxicated after a patrol officer allegedly saw him driving on the wrong side of the street and pulled him over at approximately10.30pm on Saturday in Fairfax City, a suburb of Washington DC.

Babbitt, who lives in nearby Reston, Virginia, was halfway through a five-year term at the FAA, which is part of the US transportation department.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/06/randy-babbitt-resigns-dui-charge