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Delta's Ed Bastian on spiking fuel, summer travel, and a blunt reality check on AI

July 21, 202628 min

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Few companies have a better real-time read on the American economy than Delta, and few CEOs are more willing to say what they actually think. Ed Bastian returns to Rapid Response to share what Delta's booking data is telling him that the headlines aren't, why he's not convinced by AI until it moves his top line, and how he decided to yank congressional travel perks during the government shutdown.

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