Delta CEO Ed Bastian says the airline sees the economy before everyone else does

Very few companies have a better real-time read on the American economy than Delta, and even fewer CEOs are more willing to say what they actually think than Ed Bastian. True to form, he shares 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.  This is an abridged transcript of an interview from Rapid Response, hosted by former Fast…