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Amid Flight Stop, Ari Emanuel Slams Pete Buttigieg for Making ‘Zero Progress’ Modernizing FAA: ‘You Left a Failing System in Place’

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Amid Flight Stop, Ari Emanuel Slams Pete Buttigieg for Making ‘Zero Progress’ Modernizing FAA: ‘You Left a Failing System in Place’
Nov 13, 2026 7:02pm PT Amid Flight Stop, Ari Emanuel Slams Pete Buttigieg for Making ‘Zero Progress’ Modernizing FAA: ‘You Left a Failing System in Place’

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As the nation’s air traffic ground to a halt Friday afternoon amid an FAA ground stop, Ari Emanuel had strong words for former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg.

The WME executive chairman posted on X, “No one’s hands are clean here. However, Mr. Secretary Buttigieg, you had four years in the job and infrastructure money, yet made zero progress modernizing the FAA. You left a failing system in place. THANKS!”

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