Ed Bastian devotes lot of time to the Delta family and as this is a long planned vacation with family and the meeting is last Minute meeting. (Personally) I think he made the right choice here and I respect him for that. Theres a lot of paperwork. The owner of this site is not an investment advisor, financial planner, nor legal or tax professional and articles here are of an opinion and general nature and should not be relied upon for individual circumstances. WebJoc Pederson is married to his longtime girlfriend Kelsey Williams in January 2018 and they have a daughter called Poppy Jett. I think the figure was that 8,000 Delta employees have contracted Covid within the last four or five weeks, lots of flight cancellations, not just for you, but for the industry. 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This is a classic Trump ploy DISTRACtION I just made the decision to fly 16 hours in economy class instead of business class for my family. Now for the CEO of AA?? Am sure work would cover?! I think a lot of people were happy. We can criticize Bastians hypocrisy in the sense that he has been the leading voice on the ME3 issue and he doesnt show up to this meeting, but at the same time, Bastian correctly realizes that if he wants to get anything done to advance his misguided viewpoint, a meeting with Trump probably isnt going to be the best venue to do that. Matthew do you hear an echo? The specific talking point is the wall being constructed along the U.S.-Mexico border. glad he took that vaca. I want to start by saying that I completely disagree with Bastians criticism of the ME3, but I wouldnt reschedule anything for a meeting with Trump either. Instead, Bastian studied accounting at St. Bonaventure University. I think Matthew also points out the possible issues with the excuse given and honestly we will never know if this was a legitimate excuse or a ploy to garner sympathy for skipping a meeting he found distasteful and a probably waste of time given the likely outcome. The perfect @flysas name tag for #Longyearben! Of course he has the right to take a vacation with his family, but having made his choice in this case he has certainly lost the right to keep banging the drum about this issue. And Id say thats the second thing is: ensure that as youre going through this hard time and youre coming out of this hard time, you reflect on your purpose. Way to go, Ed Bastian! ADI IGNATIUS: I want to get you a couple of questions from our viewers. ADI IGNATIUS: We billed this show as: who could be more on the front lines of the challenges that we all face (to maybe lesser degrees), that this pandemic has brought, than someone keeping an airline going. As we operate a very, very complex and sophisticated scale company on a global basis, 24/7. Not sure what your point is. He also shares an inside look at these conversations and solicits questions for future discussions in a newsletter just for HBR subscribers. It made business sense to fly home on a much different routing, but life is not just about business. For several days, Delta refused to comment further on the CEOs absence beyond stating that he was traveling. So what have you learned about what you need to do to retain top talent at this point? In a video to employees, Bastian states that he was on an international family vacation. So I think those are some of the core capabilities that I brought to the airline. Trump can rant all he wants about the fact that Bastian wasnt there, but his presence wouldnt have changed anything, especially since, despite the US not pushing back on the continued Saudi led ban on Qatar Airways and Qatar airspace, Al Baker was in the room and knew best how to deal with someone like Trump since hes used to dealing with the authoritarians who lead the Qatari government. You must have a workforce that has differing views on it, how do you make this make sense: that we really need to be together? You do the math, but it begs the question of where he finds the time or energy. [9], Ed Bastian is married. "My Tesla is great," Bastian said during a breakfast talk held by the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce last week. ED BASTIAN: Thats a tough one, and because its a tough one, it makes it a very important one. Need more examples set like this. He has portrayed this as a huge concern over the years. P.S. He drives a Tesla to work. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel. Fortunately theres been no severe illnesses caused by it. Im confident our governments going to be able to solve this working closely with the FCC, as well as the FAA. If it was truly an existential threat to his business he would have found a way to make the meeting. His athleticism apparently extends to his family life. We wanted to serve together. "When I graduated college, I had never even stepped foot on an airplane," Bastian said. And you also need to be comfortable as a decision maker. Perhaps his absence was a strategic ploy for a second meeting with the chief spokesperson at the table for the U.S. side. ED BASTIAN: First and foremost, its always difficult to decide that. And testing requirements. Bastian kept his word by running the New York City marathon two years ago, raising funds for the Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research. Really, you are giving the guy a hard time for going on a planned family vacation. Lets face it Delta now has a million (yes over the top) evps, svps , vps and directors. We have a whole team of almost 500 people that do just that for a living, every single day as theyre managing the flights and managing the pricing and the changes to make sure that were meeting the market where they want to buy the seats at, but at the same time, not overselling or underselling in managing that whole process. Awards and recognition. He has more than likely already been on multiple ultra first class vacations this year. People are adhering to the requirements. And its been a topic of conversation ongoing. "My Tesla is great," Bastian said during a breakfast The question is do we Live to work or work to live. Period. While it is true many children have the same dreams, Mr. Bastain was athletically inclined and could have made a serious run at making it in the big leagues. Ed Bastian demonstraits true leadership traits in everything he does for the Delta family, unlike many other US Airline CEOs. Being pro-enforcement of illegal immigration laws, as Obama was, does not make one racist. Bastian, 58, and his wife Anna have four children, including a school-age daughter. "I'm young at heart," Bastian said earlier this year shortly after being named to the CEO position. "I've got a 12-year-old, our youngest, so she's got designs on college and everything. And maybe some of your competitors feel less strongly about that. ADI IGNATIUS: We also talk a lot on the show about the extent to which businesses, CEOs, can be involved or need to be involved in social issues and health issues. However he does like to take on other topics involving some of his personal interests like automobiles, future technologies, and anything else that could change the world. Our employee engagement scores have stayed just as strong throughout the pandemic as ever because theres a real pride in what we do. What does CEO did was absolutely the right thing. I wasnt about ready to ask them to cancel a long-scheduled vacation. Theres an endless number of topics that you could pick on a social matter to engage in. [6], Bastian left Delta in 2005 to become senior vice president and chief financial officer at Acuity Brands. [8] His transition to CEO was the first time Delta had chosen a chief executive officer from within the company since 1987. Glassdoor just ranked us yet again in the very top companies to work for, as anonymously by the people themselves that have the best sense for what its like to work here. They needed to show up and perform their responsibilities, taking care of our customers, and taking care of our airplanes, and making certain that the world keeps moving. Otherwise there would be no point, as you seem to be too ignorant to understand the scope of what a CEOs role is. Shame on you sir. He said he believed a plan to cut jobs, salaries and benefits wasn't going to work and that the company needed to make the decision to file for bankruptcy protection. (She officially has been listed at 12 years old.) ADI IGNATIUS: Because what you do is so visible, we all feel we know the brand. Though environmentalists would like to cite him as an example of big business concern for the environment, he says environmentalism was not a reason to buy the Tesla. He was 54 when he ran in the New York City Marathon, not bad for a guy who also runs a major airline (on the side?). But I wasnt going to leave it to our people to decide how they best fulfill their service obligation. The air filtration systems are the highest quality. The majority of Deltas workforce doesnt have the option of working from home. Because the same customers, same people, are going to enjoy and utilize the benefits of 5G. You barely make cogent points about the travel industry, maybe you should stay out of politics and industrysince they are clearly over your depth. He told them that if Deltas New York City operations became profitable he would run in the New York City Marathon. Ed has been talking about saving american jobs since he became the Delta CEO literally putting up constant messages to employees and asking them to write their congressman and sign petitions. The Fortune 500 company has been, Read More 10 Things You Didnt Know About General Electric CEO John FlanneryContinue, When thinking of fast food chains, McDonalds is probably the first option that comes to mind. Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. That truly undermines his argument. I know Delta was one of the signatories in a letter to the White House that said this could potentially wreak havoc on the flight control systems. He never intended to do anything about the situation in the first place because its his rich middle eastern buddies that are involved so he uses Bastion absence as the focal point of the whole deal, what about the other guys that showed up? Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines, leads a company that has been on the front lines of pandemic challenges. I get that Bastian works hard all year, his family is also busy, and this trip was likely very carefully planned. If h wants to be CEO. How has the use of data analytics helped Delta stay ahead of the curve in the industry? No, Matthew. 2. But we use analytics far more than just as a pricing tool and an algorithm. Shame on the Author. And were excited when we all came back last June, to be together, and we see real strength in that collaboration. Weve been bringing a whole new generation into the company, and theyre doing a fabulous job. Matthew has to get a real life. They dont feel settled, but they are settling down. What a scumbag. But this is why I will continue to fly Delta..Priorities! Im just wondering why this was an either-or situation. Can you talk a little bit about that as an example of private sector-government interaction? On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. And well over 80% of our employees do not have an optiondid not have an optionincluding in the most difficult and darkest days of the pandemic. When you werent quite sure what exactly you need, or what youre going to find when you show up. He made his position on the matter that the company should file for bankruptcy protection corporate clear. Edward Ed Bastian of Delta Air Lines is one of the more interesting people in the world of corporate CEOs, likely because he has an interesting character that can be seen in the boardroom and out on the boardwalk. Do something for them or the country. I really appreciate it. He drives a Tesla to work. And candidly, my natural inclination is not to get involved in any of them because in a world thats divided as we are currently in, youre going to upset a lot of people, so youve got to be cautious. As a supervisor in the 02.27.23 Best Of Clark: Retirement Compromise / Retail Saving Secrets. Two days after Thanksgiving ended, we first heard word of Omicron, and then within just a matter of weeks, it hit us hard in this country, right at the same time we were experiencing the busiest travel surge for demand, because of the Christmas and New Years holiday. Its a disease that is killing off what little decision making people still do in this world of group think. And you think about the world needing air travel. I think the problem with the whole tone of this article from the headline down is that it suggests Bastians only choice was between vacation and attending this meeting. And the FAA, as 5G is being rolled out here, had some real concerns about whether the impact of the C-band, which is the spectrum that the telecom companies will be using, could cause interference with readings that the airplanes haveparticularly in proximity to the airports and landingand offset and impact some of our instrument ratings and the quality of the information and other aspects of air travel. Your industry has its own specific needs, but I think we all need to get used to the idea that were going to be leading through crisis. But we also need to make certain that the application, in terms of the rollout, can be coordinated along with running a safe aviation system. I think more likely is that Bastian realizes that this meeting was a waste of time because Trumps has an affinity for authoritarians like Al-Baker and the Qatari government (despite his refusal to press Saudi Arabia to lift their sanctions on Qatar) and his word is worth nothing. Georgia Power proposes steep rate increase for customers - How it affects what you pay, Results from the Tuesday special election for the Georgia Legislature, Refugees and their advocates see a champion in Jimmy Carter. ED BASTIAN: Well, it created, I think probably, a comfort with numbers, with analytics, a curiosity about how to influence and impact and have better outcomes using the core information system. We are as isolated and distant from each other that I can ever recall. Could he have made last-minute arrangements to attend said meeting and meet up with his family mid-vacation? The question I have is about impact. But then Bastian downplayed the importance of the meeting, telling employees itwas not about the whole Middle Eastern issue, it was really very limited to Qatar and the Air Italy situation. Well, yes, but that is exactly the issue that he has consistently maintained represents an existential threat to the U.S. airline industry. [2] He graduated from Our Lady of Lourdes High School in Poughkeepsie in 1975. Certainly, finding a seat on an airline willing to get him where he needed to be would not have been a problem. And so we probably had a better pulse on who was really coming down with Omicron than most other companies, certainly most other airlines. Perhaps you can try reading the article more carefully? We tell people what we need them to know and do, and when they ask us, we give them our very, very best insight as to how we see the future and whats happening around and why we do make some of the decisions that weve had. The colonial #architecture of #mumbai is stunning. Bastien likely would have gone if he thought the meeting would be productive, but he made the executive decision that it wouldnt be and used his planned vacation as an excuse. Your article is written in constant defense for yourself that you do not blame him for anything, yet you elevate inconsequential details like how much he spent on his family who unconditionally has supported as he leads Delta. We invested in certified offsets that eliminate the carbon that we create on a daily basis through investment in re-forestation projects, clean water projects in various parts of the world, investing in natural sources of decarbonizing the climate and the world and the planet when we cant find an alternative use to do that ourselves. A 12-year-old girl stepped up to the altar at her mom's wedding to read out the exact number of days she felt like her stepdad had felt like her own father before Its not like going to a restaurant or going to movies where youve got various options. Climate change is happening. But youre right, Adi, throughout the entire pandemic our people have not had the option to work from home. I dont understand how serious an issue this is. Theyre not moving around. 5. So they did. All the restrictions went back up again. It hit us hard. I was just being very practical and very pragmatic. You can decide for yourself after reading these 10 not-so-obvious facts about him. It really needs to be a support center to the people out in the business that are making it happen out in the field. I only use a single email and people know it, and so I get probably thousands of emails a day of all varieties of something that had happened that went wrong, of something that went great, and please thank that employee, of ideas and opportunities. [2], After PWC, he served as vice president at PepsiCo, where he managed international finances for its Frito-Lay snack division until 1998, when he joined Delta Air Lines as vice president - finance and controller. Ed Bastian devotes lot of time to the Delta family and as this is a long planned vacation with family and the meeting is last Minute meeting. I said it is not about money, but about time. "I got the Tesla because I live here in Sugarloaf, and I have to go down to the airport [for work]. U.S. built, U.S. technology, U.S. innovation," Bastian said. But after that, your period of isolation requirements really drop immensely. Kudos for a top exec really showing work life balance. We worked through it. We need to update the technological backbone and the infrastructure of our country, without a doubt. If trump is so damn good at dealing things they why need Ed. What is Ed Bastian salary? Will miss the @united #globalfirstlounge at #ord. jobs for Delta are going because its not in America, they have had plenty of layoffs in the last few years with jobs going overseas. One of the things about airlines, when I tell people some of the core competencies that people need to have strategically within airlines, is comfort with analytics. To the extent Bastian wanted to push his misguided agenda forward, the best way to do that was not showing up. He went to work for accounting firm Price Waterhouse in New York. What a moron for writing this, do you live to work or work to live? A lot of people back in the skies for the first time. But dear @flysas , next time if I a, Ready for #PIA from #MAN to #JFK -- we will be rac, Another room with a beautiful view #hyattregenc, Enjoying #shanghai with @onemileatatime from the i, From my front gate to my boarding gate in 15 minut, @malaysiaairlines #747 out of retirement and in se, View from my 61st floor room at the beautiful bran. In other words, how has Bastians absence from that meeting added to his costs (expensive vacation?) Happy wife happy life. Its not even a credible excuse. He chickened out when he found out his nemesis would be there, and now hes trying to appear all self righteous. Saturdays 1 p.m. news conference featured a number of big names: Bastian, Utah Gov. Learn how your comment data is processed. No serious person takes Bastians story at face value. 3. He shouldnt be allowed to take even a day off until he can get his company in a full, upright position again!! Six months later, at the request of then-Delta CEO Gerald Grinstein, he returned to the airline to serve as chief financial officer. During the meeting, Trump complained, Eds not heres. It had nothing to do with whether or not he was going on vacation. When somebody is not following the instructions of a crew member, its not just our crew members, the fellow customers step in and ensure that the flight is to go off on time as safely as possible. ED BASTIAN: Oh, we get information from so many people all the time. Opinions expressed here are the author's alone, and have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of these entities. And the White House is involved, as you mentioned. Instead, he says it is practical and helps speed his way to work by being able to use the HOV lane for almost the entire trip to the airport. We use the term headquarters. Whoever Matthew is he has no understanding of family life when one has a high level professional life (as do I). Our brand is strong. As a supervisor in the transport industry I too have only 2 week vacation time a year to spend with my family! I wouldnt cross the street to meet Donald Trump, no matter the meeting agenda. Gays father, a retired world champion rodeo cowboy, is a hobbyist pilot. I just hope he has the same attitude when other employees say no due to family obligations. Wow, there are some seriously off-base people on here. Every time he comes home he recognizes the responsibility he has to everyones flight safety including his daughters. WebBrittany Bastian and Nathan Gannon's Wedding Website - Zola. Coupled with the fact of demand: customers tell you theyre ready to go. ), https://liveandletsfly.boardingarea.com/2019/08/05/united-singapore-san-francisco-economy-class/. Ed raised over $400,000. What? Still, we cannot deny what an expensive vacation this truly was, at least in terms of optics. And got everybody where they needed to be on time. The first time he stepped on to an airplane was after he graduated college at 25, flying to the Interview with Price Waterhouse in New York City. He says he has to keep working hard for her, and this may be one of the role model type examples of how you can stay motivated to keep healthy and working no matter how successful you become. However, there is a new futuristic pill that is described as robotic that doesnt have any of these features and it, Read More New Robot Pill Pierces Intestine Walls to Deliver DrugsContinue, BrainQ is an Israeli startup that provides a platform for healthcare providers to deliver precision neurology therapies in the treatment of brain impairments. And as a statement of unity we all came back to the office starting last June, [with a] requirement to be back into the office, to ensure that were all together, were all navigating this challenging environment. To be able to check and validate not only vaccination records but potentially exemption requirements and the like would be just a huge logistical snafu that would cause us to really slow down the operation and put the onus back on our people to try to manage who gets on and gets off planes. Delta CEO.got em and lives by em! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. My dad & I spent months choreographing this dance and putting songs together that we love to dance to! He is very patriotic when it comes to his business and personal life. Some things have to take priority. His first reaction was Ed missed the meeting bc he dont like me And by the way, if you come down with Omicron and youre forced to isolate for 10 days during a holiday period, that almost seemed punitive to people during that period of time. How does that background inform your leadership style, now that you are CEO? 2. We werent the only one, a number of companies did as well, because we saw the effect it was having within our team and within our people, and our people were looking up to us asking, After all weve been through over this last year, two years, and the challenges coming out after the George Floyd situation in the middle part of 2020, and the commitments that we made to continue to push forward and fight to ensure that everyone has equal access, everyone has equal opportunity, and do our very best to promote an equitable and diverse workplace, as well as community, how can we sit by and be silent? So that was a tough one, but youve got to be very, very careful in terms of which issues you choose. I've got to keep working hard for her.". The other thing were doing, certainly, is looking longer term at hydrogen and electrificationall new technologies, but theyre going to take some time. Yes, apparently Mr. Bastain extends his patriotism to disagreeing with persons and policies that are, in his opinion, contrary to the best interests of the country. So it was not the airlines, as much as the regulator, the FAA, that was raising that concern and telling us as the operator that, You may have to ground flights. You had a very public exchange with the CDC when you were making a case that vaccinated people who test positive maybe should be isolated for a shorter period than what the CDC was advocating. Ed Bastian has been CEO of Delta Air Lines for nearly eight weeks after stepping into the role May 2, elevating his profile in the airline industry and in the business community in metro Atlanta. My esteem of Delta just went up! This is his personal decision and literally has nothing to do with his other decision to miss the Trump meeting at which his presence would have had no material immediate, or long-term impact. A father of 4, he splits his time between Atlanta, where Delta Air Lines is headquartered, and Florida. And fortunately, the CDC took our input. I think I gave him the benefit of the doubt while just noting the ramifications of his choice. The information age is turning the world into another DARK AGE. Bastian, 58, and his wife Anna have four children, including a school-age daughter. In 2021, Bastian will assume the He did the right thing. Internationally it is largely a requirement, to get into many countries around the world, you need to be vaccinated, including our country. That accounting education and the work experience that would follow prepared him for one of the most difficult decisions he would make in his corporate life. ED BASTIAN: Its a very serious issue. Each week, Ignatius interviews a top leader on LinkedIn Live previous interviews included Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooryi. 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