The CEO of Delta Air Lines on Friday declared his company’s “values are not for sale” after Georgia lawmakers retaliated against the airline for cutting ties with the National Rifle Association in the wake of last month’s Florida school shooting.
Ed Bastian, who heads the Atlanta-based airline, said in a lengthy statement to employees on Friday that Delta ended discounts for NRA members because the benefit “could be seen as Delta implicitly endorsing the NRA.” He added: “That is not the case.”
Bastian explained the decision to employees a day after Georgia lawmakers passed a tax bill that effectively punishes the airline for rescinding the discount for NRA members to travel to the group’s annual meeting. Delta is among numerous companies, including banks, insurance providers and rental car companies, that moved to end deals with the NRA after the gun group’s furious response to demands for stronger laws after the Feb. 14 massacre of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
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