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   From: support-the-nra@delta.com   
      
   Delta CEO Ed Bastian issued this memo to all employees today.   
   This week, you have likely seen Delta in coverage of the   
   national debate over gun control and security in U.S. schools.   
   I want to take the opportunity to update you on how we got here   
   and where we stand.   
      
   On Saturday, Delta rescinded a one-time group travel discount   
   for the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting, and asked   
   the organization to remove our name and logo from their website.   
   This decision followed the NRA’s controversial statements after   
   the recent school shootings in Florida. Our discounted travel   
   benefit for NRA members could be seen as Delta implicitly   
   endorsing the NRA. That is not the case.   
      
   I have heard from many of you over the last few days. Our people   
   and our customers have a wide range of views on how to increase   
   safety in our schools and public places, and we are not taking   
   sides. Our objective in removing any implied affiliation with   
   the NRA was to remove Delta from this debate.   
      
   While Delta’s intent was to remain neutral, some elected   
   officials in Georgia tied our decision to a pending jet fuel tax   
   exemption, threatening to eliminate it unless we reversed   
   course. Our decision was not made for economic gain and our   
   values are not for sale. We are in the process of a review to   
   end group discounts for any group of a politically divisive   
   nature.   
      
   None of this changes the fact that our home is Atlanta and we   
   are proud and honored to locate our headquarters here. And we   
   are supporters of the 2nd Amendment, just as we embrace the   
   entire Constitution of the United States.   
      
   I have tremendous respect and admiration for Governor Nathan   
   Deal, and thank him for the work he has done on the jet fuel tax   
   exemption. He is a great friend to Delta. I know this action by   
   the state legislature troubled him as it does all of us.   
      
   I know it is not comfortable to be caught in a highly emotional   
   debate, and many of you have received questions from customers.   
   We are at our best when we bring our customers and our world   
   closer together. Hopefully, our decisions this week will serve   
   this ultimate cause.   
      
   I want to thank every one of you for your professionalism and   
   continued focus on taking care of our customers every day.   
      
   Ed   
      
   https://news.delta.com/ed-bastian-memo-delta-and-school-safety-   
   debate   
      
   Meanwhile, all the left-wing communist groups escape unscathed.   
   Good job, Ed. May the next Delta jet you fly on crash straight   
   into the ground over a concrete factory.   
              
      
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