[April 3, 2021] When you step in cow poop, the best thing to do is get your foot out and rinse it off. I know, as a kid, I cleaned out barns and even milked a few cows. But Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian does not seem to understand this concept. And, he didn’t step in cow poop once but done so repeatedly, at the peril of Delta Airlines.
What did CEO Bastian do that got him and his airlines into so much trouble? He criticized the state of Georgia’s newly passed voter integrity bill. Okay, so far. What got him into trouble with his customers and Georgia elected officials is that he failed to read the law and didn’t know what was in it. He made claims that were false and defamatory.
“Last week, the Georgia legislature passed a sweeping voting reform act that could make it harder for many Georgians, particularly those in our Black and Brown communities, to exercise their right to vote.” – Delta CEO Ed Bastian
This is false. The law makes it harder only for non-existent people, unqualified voters, and people who have already cast a vote.
Personally, I’ve been a long-time, frequent user of Delta Airlines and always appreciated their quality customer service. Several years ago, I even wrote about how Delta’s core values helped them stay successful (see link here).1 Here’s something Delta’s leadership should think about seriously, “stick to your core values.” Now, my wife and I will no longer fly Delta as our way of saying, screw you, Delta.
There’s an old, unwritten rule in business; stay out of hot-topic political issues. There is more cow poop there than an average person would want to risk stepping in. Steve Crowder wrote that liberal activities “bullied Delta CZEO Ed Bastian into denouncing a bill he claimed ‘makes it harder for Georgians to vote.’”2 Now we know that Bastian had been lied to and fell for it.
The Georgia voting bill expands the window when people can vote. With fairness, Bastian didn’t know that, but he might have been talking about the requirement to show an ID to vote. I wonder is this the identical requirement that Delta requires to fly? Yep!
Here is some commonsense sense advice for Mr. Bastian. Do not associate with fringe left-wing activities in conflict with the vast majority of Americans’ views and interests. And, stop throwing America under the bus.
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- I even wrote when Delta emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, they were able to move beyond their old corporate culture of short-term thinking, destructive decision-making, and poor employee relations. Under CEO Bastian, destructive decision-making is back with a vengeance.
- https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/georgia-delta-tax-break
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/04/01/georgia-house-passes-bill-stripping-delta-of-a-multimillion-tax-break-after-it-slammed-the-states-new-voting-restrictions/
Just about ALL US based Airlines are a JOKE.
They all claim Diversity, Tranparency,…etc. but it is all a LIE.
I recently trained with United Airlines to be a Flight Attendant. On the phone while going through the hiring process, I was warned about my Facebook posts….I talk about Social Justice and equality for all people….etc.
Didn’t think much of it at the time till training started. 1st day of training….10 hrs of lecturing on Social Media, they will NOT tell you what you’re NOT suppose to post, they just tell you that “They are watching ALL the time” and if they don’t like what you post then you can get fired, no warning, nothing.
I never posted that I was working for United nor ever mentioning United.
This carried on to training. Several instructors, each one tells you something different. You can cut the fear and tension in the air with a knife. For the first 2 weeks everyone was afraid to ask any questions except me. For the hands on tests, they will not tell you what you should say during an Evacuation….the Instructor said: Use your own words. Then failed many of us when she didn’t like what we said.
We asked again. And again NO answers, just vague replies. Do we tell the Captain before or after we start the Evacuation?? Answer: Use your own judgement. And when we did, we failed.
4th week into training a Senior manager comes in and tells us that this week alone some of the new Graduates opened the Plane door and inflated the slides by mistake 4 times in one week. Costing the company delays and 100 of thousands of dollars in losses.
I thought to myself: It is no wonder, everyone is afraid to ask any questions and much is vague and not clear.
On one hands on test I was “Randomly” selected to be the first one to go. 3 times I was “Randomly” selected. Why is this not a good thing? Because doing the test at 6:30 AM when you didn’t have a chance to wake up (We are up at 5 AM 6 days a week, 10-12 hr days), and also you didn’t have a chance to watch other people do the test and learn from their mistakes. I knew something was not right when I was the ONLY one who got randomly selected to go first.
First they tell us if you fail this test you will be given additional instruction. But when 6 from my class failed, we were sent home that same day.
We asked about what they told us, no answer. All of the people who failed that day and later were asked to come back and start a new class, except me.
I was told by email to wait as it takes time. Many months later still NO answer.
Few of my classmates who passed no longer works for United. One went to Delta, 2 others quit because of the Slavery like schedule where you are on call 24/7 for most of the month.
All around AWFUL airline with Awful people. ZERO transparency and full of lies and deceit.
Pleas DO NOT fly United.
AJ, United Airlines has created its own problems and many of my friends will no longer fly United, not because the airline is ‘woke’ in itself, but because they only allow ‘woke’ people into their organization. Merit is irrelevant. That is a danger we all can see.
And now United Airlines is hiring people based on race and gender. “United Sets New Diversity Goal: 50% of Students at New Pilot Training Academy To Be Women and People of Color” Looks another “woke” company. Incompetents will pass their training and will fly airplanes. I guess it’s time to never fly United Airlines again.
Scary, really scary stuff.
That includes JP Morgan who are underwriting scholarships that only go to blacks and Hispanics. White people need not apply. Racist!! Yep.
Good to recognize those who encourage racism.
I have never liked coffee, so at the age of 18, working as a busboy in Yellowstone Park, I began drinking Coke at 5:00am every day. I am a 73 year old retired federal judge and I still drink one, at least, every day. Bad habit I know. At least I switched a decade ago to Coke Zero. As of today I will never buy a Coke product again. I am under no illusions that I will impact Coke’s bottom line, but I will feel better. Am I virtue signaling? Frankly my dear I don’t give a damn.
Great comment Dan. Same for Delta and other woke enterprises.
Hey folks, a good article to read:
“CEO Wanted. Intelligence and Backbone Not Required””
https://theconservativedispatch.com/2021/04/04/ceo-wanted-intelligence-and-backbone-not-required/
So last year I accumulated over 300K miles on Delta and then was banned without notice for the reason below. I never refused to wear a mask, ever. Delta had no policy in place to review a 23 year old flight attendant making an accusation. I will also not fly Delta, especially after learning they pilot group as I’m sure all employees are now facing termination if they post political views on social media. I am a pilot and use to use Delta at least 3 times a month to get to work but no more. Below is something I attempted to post on another website but for some reason never got posted. CENSORSHIP!
Ben, I couldn’t agree more with your comment concerning the the necessity of being civil while flying (hopefully all the time). But there is the occasional “power trip” by an employee as you suggested and which I experienced with Delta Airlines. I am a pilot and fly the world over every month. I have never refused to wear a mask and never would, however that is what a Delta flight attendant accused and I was banned. I am a Delta Platinum member and Delta airlines has refused to even consider their employee was wrong. It is sad that Delta will not even consider the possibility that an employee made a mistake.
Additionally Delta Airlines places your Skymiles account in audit once banned freezing all miles you have accumulated. So now I have about 320K miles that my wife, kids and grandkids can’t use due to me being accused of refusing to wear a mask. Now that is ridiculous! Delta airlines refuses to answer any questions about my account and the miles I’ve accumulated. I will avoid Delta airlines in the future whenever possible for these reasons.
Robert, wow! They certainly put the hammer down on you. I also didn’t realize the put your Skymiles account on audit and froze all miles. What a bunch of crock! I fly a lot too and I fly those with the best deals. Now, perhaps I will change my strategy to fly those who are not so “woke.”
Smacks of censorship, for sure!!!!!!
Someone needs to kick the Delta CEO Eddie in the butt.
old warrior, you make me laugh, but seriously, Delta has made a HUGE mistake by allowing their CEO to get their company involved in political issues. Ed Bastian needs to remember something really important, we elect politicians to make decisions for us, we give them the authority. Ed Bastian has NO authority whatsoever. So stay out of it Ed.
Hi Mr. Kennedy. Great to hear from you again. We are looking forward to your next article here on Gen. Satterfield’s leadership blog. Also, great comment.
This is the problem with this country, or one of so many problems. Is that you think your Politicians you “Elected” work for you and have your interest at heart. Americans never learn, policies in America are bought and sold by Corporations and special interest groups. They are the ones who contribute to their re-election funds and get them elected or not. The American public is fast asleep and still think you have a democracy. You can NOT trust politics to politicians, the people need to be involved and watch what the government does and not trust it.
Robert, you got really screwed. The CDC now says that masks don’t work. What a bummer that Delta employees are on the ‘hunt’ for those that don’t tow the line on their mask mandate. KEEP FLYING. We need more people like you!!!
Once again, excellent comment and this time on another abject failure of a high ranked corporate CEO. And, he did it of his own free will. Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian shows us that even the smartest people are also among the dumbest. Boycott Delta Airlines.
Don’t expect much commonsense from the likes of Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian. He has been terrible in the job. Correct, the first rule of business is don’t step in cow shit if you can avoid it. Ed Bastian has made his mark by stepping all in it and wants to wipe his dirty feet on his customers.
Boycott Delta is trending on Twitter (a garbage website but just to say).
I’ll never fly Delta Airlines again.
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23boycottdelta&src=typed_query
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Yep, boycott Delta. Take your money where the leadership is interested in doing a good job, not attacking elected officials and Americans to boot.
Go woke, go broke. Hmmmmmm, seems rather obvious. But I think they see shoemaker Nike and they didn’t go broke. Now is the time to put your money where your mouth is. Boycott Delta.
US President. Trump just announced he supports a boycott of Delta and other named “woke” companies.
Boycott Delta and Coke Cola. If you don’t, you are unAmerican. Ha ha ha ha 😀
News flash, backbone not required to be a CEO of Delta. The ultimate embarrassment for a senior leader is to be called out by EVERYONE for stupidity extreme.
Yeah, just boycott the heck out of Delta Airlines. Punish them hard. It’s one of 5he few things woke companies understand.
Right and make it known to everyone you know. 👍
Excellent article Gen. Satterfield. Delta Airlines is not the only one doing this stupid stuff and pissing off their customer base. American Airlines is really into the domestic terrorist group BLM. Yes, those are the admitted Marxist organization that was a major player in the anti-American movement, murder, arson, looting, and other violent acts like car jackings. Just look at the liberal cities that let them burn. And they believe “whitey” is the cause of their problems. Eh?
Never in my life would I think I would live to see politicians supporting domestic terrorism but Nancy Pelosi and her ilk are doing it right now.
Silly Man, yep. Same here. Don’t think for a minute that our political elite care at all about it. They proved, once and for all, that they only care about power. Nancy Pelosi is the most evil person in America. Chuckie Shumer is a close second.
And, what do Pelosi and Schumer have in common? They are high-ranked politicians in the Democrat Party. Go figure. 😂
The US DEMOCRAT PARTY is a TERRORIST organization themselves.
So true. Oh before I forget (never forget actually), boycott Delta boycott Coke ❤️ Love freedom.
Max, well written and thanks for your analysis. Yep, just look at liberal cities and see what is happening. I recommend an article in Gen. Satterfield’s Daily Favorites that discusses the failures of NYC and their attempts to make income inequality better; hint, they made it worse.
Another nail in the coffin of woke corporations.
Hey all, Pres. Trump announces boycott of Delta Airlines, Coke Cola, and other companies that are claiming racism in how America handles its politics.
https://nypost.com/2021/04/03/trump-calls-for-boycott-of-mlb-coke-and-delta-airlines/
Hey ya’ll, don’t be surprised by all this. Corporations going “woke” are just jumping on the leftist bandwagon. No need to look here, ignore their ignorance, and sleep with the sheep. Ha Ha Ha Ha …..
You got that right, Jeff. Sleep with the fishes is a better analogy and more commonly understood. Well done!
Good one!
Go woke, go broke, let’s hope so. Then maybe they will kick this stupid CEO out of his job and he can join the millions in the unemployment lines to get an inside view of reality.
Hi Kid, don’t expect it to happen. These “boards” that control these large corps are making millions being woke, so don’t expect any changes soon. Remember they are superior to us pions.
Yep, so simple, but those who think they are superior to us think otherwise.
That is what really Gauls me the most.
Stupid Ed Bastian, no brains, no backbone, no go.