‘Our Values Are Not for Sale,’ Says Delta C.E.O. as Airline Considers Ending Divisive Discounts
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‘Our Values Are Not for Sale,’ Says Delta C.E.O. as Airline Considers Ending Divisive Discounts
Ed Bastian, Delta’s chief executive, said in a memo to employees
that the company was “in the process of a review to end group discounts for any group of a politically divisive nature.”
On Saturday, as boycott campaigns from gun safety advocates roiled corporate America in the wake of the Florida school shooting
that killed 17 people, the airline said it would no longer offer a one-time discount for N. R.A.
members traveling to the trade association’s annual meeting in Dallas in May.
By TIFFANY HSUMARCH 2, 2018
Delta Air Lines said Friday it might scrap promotional offers for all politically contentious organizations after
its removal of a discount for National Rifle Association members drew a swift retaliation from Georgia lawmakers.
Mr. Deal said he supported the inclusion of the jet-fuel tax break provision
that was removed from the bill, but would still sign it because of its reductions of personal and corporate tax rates.
“I know this action by the state legislature troubled him as it does all of us.”
Delta joined United Airlines and more than a dozen other companies in severing ties with the N. R.A.
following the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., last month.
Ed Bastian, Delta’s chief executive, said in a memo to employees
that the company was “in the process of a review to end group discounts for any group of a politically divisive nature.”
On Saturday, as boycott campaigns from gun safety advocates roiled corporate America in the wake of the Florida school shooting
that killed 17 people, the airline said it would no longer offer a one-time discount for N. R.A.
members traveling to the trade association’s annual meeting in Dallas in May.
By TIFFANY HSUMARCH 2, 2018
Delta Air Lines said Friday it might scrap promotional offers for all politically contentious organizations after
its removal of a discount for National Rifle Association members drew a swift retaliation from Georgia lawmakers.
Mr. Deal said he supported the inclusion of the jet-fuel tax break provision
that was removed from the bill, but would still sign it because of its reductions of personal and corporate tax rates.
“I know this action by the state legislature troubled him as it does all of us.”
Delta joined United Airlines and more than a dozen other companies in severing ties with the N. R.A.
following the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., last month.