FAA air traffic chief to retire during agency's management overhaul

Tim Arel, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Organization, is stepping down from his position.

The ATO chief is retiring as part of the Department of Transportation’s voluntary deferred resignation program, the FAA confirmed in a statement to the Washington Examiner. The DOT is among a slew of federal agencies seeking to reduce the size of their workforce by creating employee buyouts as incentives to push federal workers to quit voluntarily.