From TheWrap · Alyssa Ray · · 40s
Pete Buttigieg Defends FAA Upgrades Amid Ground Stop
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg insists his administration upgraded FAA systems before Friday’s nationwide ground stop.
In brief
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg insists his administration upgraded FAA systems before Friday’s nationwide ground stop. Pete Buttigieg says his administration did significant upgrades to the FAA system before Friday’s ground stop. Originally reported by TheWrap.
Pete Buttigieg Pushes Back
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg denied blame for Friday’s FAA ground stop, saying his administration upgraded the system.
“We did a lot to upgrade the system.”
FAA Ground Stop Cause
Current Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed outdated technology and legacy systems for the outage.
“We have old switches, old routers. We use 1980s little copper lines.”
System Upgrade Claims
Duffy stated $15 billion has been allocated to FAA over 25 years with minimal progress on modernization.
“Barely anything was done.”
The main idea
Pete Buttigieg says his administration did significant upgrades to the FAA system before Friday’s ground stop.
