Alyson Shontell
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 5 Aug
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the genesis of that profit sharing.
I understand why you needed to get the people on your team now, but you're also working with shareholders.
They they probably want to see some of that money come back to the company, not necessarily to your employees.
So how
Do you feel like other CEOs grasp that?
Like it does seem like you're a bit on an island here.
I haven't seen other CEOs saying that.
In fact they're saying, Well, I can get more efficiency, I can keep more to the company and maybe not spread out the wealth.
During his tenure as CEO, Bastion has established himself as a devoted employee-first leader.
He refused to make furloughs during the COVID-19 pandemic, and despite industry-wide shifts towards AI, he frequently reinforces Delta's commitment to always put people first.
In a fortune cover story on Bastion last year, our senior editor at large, Sean Tully, described him as the least stressed CEO he had covered and said no CEO seemed to be having more fun.
I think the first time you ever heard that you could be the CEO was a surprise.
I gather your predecessor mentioned in a newspaper article, yeah, Ed Bastion could be.
my successor and you were like, Wait, what?
Um
I forgot to tell you when he told the public.
So I'm curious what that moment was like for you and was that your first time thinking, huh, maybe the CEO thing could be in my future.
Not everybody knows when or if they want to be a CEO.
And did you find there was any skills gap you had to overcome between going from a CFO to a CEO?
Sometimes CFOs can make great CEOs and it's an easy transition.
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