Talk:Chris Rocheleau

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Propose to update the first line (summary line)

Latest comment: 1 year ago4 comments3 people in discussion

Since the subject is known to general public mostly via the appointment of his role as acting administrator of FAA, and not many other previous reliable source beyond recent appointment, should we consider changing the first line from "Christopher James Rocheleau is an American government official serving as the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) since January 30, 2025." to "Christopher James Rocheleau is the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) since January 30, 2025, and has held various official positions in US government in his career"? xinbenlv ^{Talk, Remember to "ping" me} 17:20, 4 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

Pinging a few top contributors of this page for thoughts: BeanieFan11, Chew, FloridaArmy xinbenlv ^{Talk, Remember to "ping" me} 17:24, 4 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

I have no strong opinion either way, though I note for other FAA administrators, it gives a brief description of being a government official, etc., as the first part of the sentence; e.g. "Michael Gordon Whitaker (born June 21, 1961)[1] is an American lawyer who served as the 19th administrator", or "Stephen Marshall Dickson (born September 3, 1957) is an American former Air Force pilot and Delta Air Lines executive who served as the 18th Administrator". BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:44, 4 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

All I've done to this article was clean up citations, so I don't really have any authority over an opinion, but I think adding that is fine, but I would do what BeanieFan11 suggested and being a bit more specific on what they did. Unfortunately, I don't work with articles like these so I can't give any specific advice Chew^{(V • T • E)} 07:26, 5 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

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