Mark Zuckerberg flies to Monterey the week Meta concedes AI restructuring mistakes

Mark Zuckerberg flew from Moffett Federal Airfield to Monterey Regional Airport on June 16, 2026, a 27-minute hop in his Gulfstream G700. The brief flight, reaching just 5,850 feet, landed just before 1 a.m. local time.

The same week, Meta's CEO acknowledged in an internal memo that the company's aggressive push to rebuild its workforce around artificial intelligence has produced mistakes, per a Reuters report on June 12. The memo follows layoffs of roughly 10% of global staff in May and the reassignment of 7,000 employees into AI roles — a restructuring that, as Reuters noted, Zuckerberg now says 'we've made mistakes and will almost certainly make more.' The short trip to Monterey, home to one of Meta's AI research outposts and Zuckerberg's own Peninsula residences, suggests a working retreat.

Zuckerberg has been shuttling between California and Hawaii on his G700 since its December 2024 debut, with a May 10 trip to Kauai's Ko'olau Ranch drawing climate criticism for its 22 tonnes of CO₂ per leg. This week's brief hops — including a Washington D.C. round-trip on June 14 — signal a CEO navigating both internal upheaval and a $145 billion AI capex bet from the air.