How Ed Bastian turned Delta into America's most profitable airline, while giving employees billions along the way [Fortune]

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The Delta Air Lines CEO was in a celebratory mood, still pumped from his company's 100th anniversary party in January and from cheerleading at Delta's annual Valentine's Day bash—where he and his employees had partied Mardi Gras–style to toast the airline's big annual profit-sharing distribution. Around noon, an “emergency response” text flashed on Bastian's iPhone. “My first reaction was that it was a drill,” Bastian tells Fortune . That wouldn't have been unusual: Delta frequently stages surprise test runs in which flight crews rehearse rescuing passengers from accidents, while looping in top managers, Bastian included, to practice their own emergency protocols. But when Bastian read the message again, he says, “I realized it was a real accident
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- Delta's secret trading card program has a new design for its 100th anniversary—but you'll need to ask your pilot to get one [Fortune]Fortune
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- Flight passenger says traveler sent $150 over Venmo in swap for aisle seat [FOX News]FOX News
- Delta Air Lines (DAL) Suffers a Larger Drop Than the General Market: Key Insights [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
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