About this episode

Scott McCartney discusses leadership changes at American Airlines and interviews Delta CEO Ed Bastian with guest co-host Henry Harteveldt.

Scott McCartney with Delta CEO Ed Bastian. Guest Co-Host Henry Harteveldt. Also: Leadership changes at American Airlines - is it enough? The two American #2482 flights; Apollo to acquire EasyJet; Additions to AA & SWA Boards of Directors; European passport control delays; Listener Q: Did the AA Board make a mistake?

People in this episode

Host: Scott McCartney

Guests: Ed Bastian, Henry Harteveldt

Topics covered

• Leadership changes
• American Airlines
• Delta Airlines
• EasyJet acquisition
• European travel
• Listener questions

Keywords

• Delta Airlines
• American Airlines
• leadership changes
• EasyJet
• travel delays
• listener questions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Airlines, Apollo, EasyJet, AA, SWA

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