Brian Kemp and Delta CEO Ed Bastian, right, in happier times when Kemp was touring the Delta Air Lines vaccine facility on February 24. "As the voting legislation that was put forward in Georgia, when we looked at it, we felt based on our knowledge of the political climate here, there was no chance that that bill was going to be eliminated altogether," Bastian told staff Tuesday in a video message, which was reviewed by CNBC. The city does a fabulous job running it. newsy.com Delta Air Lines to charge unvaccinated. Education: James Madison University, George Washington University (MBA) Notable achievements: Becoming CEO of Synovus Bank, the largest bank headquartered in Georgia. Since 2008, she has written a weekly column and news stories for theAtlanta Business Chronicle. Let Delta hire a kid just out of one of Atlantas poor quality high schools for a skilled job and then report back on the results.Report, No black mechanic makes it past Joe Steiper, the A&P technician hiring manager of Atlanta and self proclaimed King of Delta. Two years later he became Senior Vice President. BRENTWOOD, Tenn. , May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Chief Executive magazine today announced that Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines, has been named 2023 Chief Executive of the Year by his peer CEOs. Delta CEO Ed Bastian, top row second from left, and Utah Jazz owners Ryan and Ashley Smith, top center and second from right, pose for photos with Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall, left, and Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson, right, and local Delta employees at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. Livia Stone, wife of co-founder of twitter Biz Stone, is also a writer and an artist. Then he hopes companies with large numbers of employees will join us on the journey to implement more flexible hiring practices. . Prior to that, she spent 27 years with TheAtlanta Journal-Constitution,becoming its business columnist in 1991. Delta CEO Blasts Georgia Election Law, Calls It 'Unacceptable' Bastian heralded the close relationship between Delta and the City of Atlanta, which owns Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, now the second busiest airport in the world after the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, China. People want to work for us, and youre going to see us continue to grow. The airline is deferring new aircraft deliveries and lining up $4 billion in new credit, he said in a note to employees. The Atlanta-based airline reported pre-tax income of $776m, its first profit since the pandemic gripped the aviation industry in March 2020. Prior to joining Delta, Ed held senior finance positions at Frito-Lay International and Pepsi-Cola International. Edward H. Bastian: 2018 Georgia Trustee Delta Air Lines (DAL) earnings Q1 2023 - CNBC Delta CEO calls Georgia voting law 'unacceptable' - New York Post Box 20706, Atlanta, GA 30320. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. More than 40 other states are now considering similar legislation. Georgias Republican House Speaker, David Ralston, acknowledged the vote was meant as a reprimand following Bastians remarks. Hartsfield-Jackson is the best run airport; it is the biggest airport, and it drives the most amount of economic value for our region over any other asset in the state. Critics have argued the measures, which included a tightening of requirements for mail-in voting and restrictions on non-poll workers providing food and drink to voters waiting in line at polling centers, amounted to voter suppression.