Hopefully, more left wing corporations will follow your advise and commit corporate Seppuku/kamikaze Left Wing Virtue Signalling with their fatal Never Trump Mental disease.
Posted on 03/03/2018 6:28:56 AM PST by RoosterRedux
The only play in the liberal playbook for this type of situation is called "double down on stupid".
Like communism, it has never worked when tried.
But that's only because the right people weren't doing it, and 'we' are the right people...
Hopefully, more left wing corporations will follow your advise and commit corporate Seppuku/kamikaze Left Wing Virtue Signalling with their fatal Never Trump Mental disease.
You are 100% dead on. These CEO jerks try to make a statement with gays, lesbians, and a lot of other crap, only to piss off their paying customers.
How many transgenders are there? But big corporations today would sacrifice every last dime of profit to pander to them.
Let’s see, they carried 13 passengers for maybe $10,000 in airfare and then got a tax break of over $40,000,000 for those 13, which would seem like a helluva good business deal for them, but they’re turning it down.
Spot on.
If the NRA discount program has no impact on their ticket sales, why would they decide to eliminate the discount, risking losing $40 million in Georgia tax breaks?
And pissing off 4+ million NRA members this will now not fly Delta, discount or not?
Corporate idiocy.
“These CEO jerks try to make a statement with gays, lesbians, and a lot of other crap, only to piss off their paying customers.”
Say these targeted scumbags are a total of 5% of the nation’s adults, and liberals are another 35%.
That means actions like this latest Virtue Signaling could piss off 60% of their adult customers.
Just basic dumb math as per my tagline.
If the NRA would only learn not to mix politics and business. The #1 complaint I hear about the NRA is about the barrage of calls and advertising new members get hit with.
Well, maybe they do. We should remove any Marshalls.
Well, maybe they do. We should remove any Marshalls.
Sucks to be Delta. LOL!
So, you made a Public Relation Fiasco over, at best, a couple hundred dollars?
That is real smart.
Like the lucky strategist at “Carbonite” in 2012:
Limbaugh Hurt Revenue More than Expected | Breitbart
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2012/08/03/carbonite-ceo-concedes-dropping-rush-limbaugh-put-bigger-hole-in-our-revenue-than-previously-expected/amp/
“Carbonite’s 2nd Quarter 2012 results shocked analysts, causing the company’s stock price to plummet by 15% in one day. “
“It turned out to be a bigger hole in our revenue than we had thought when we initially did this,” Friend said on a conference call on August 1
Delta lost a lot more than they realize.
I am not an NRA member, but I support their cause.
I am a Delta Gold frequent flyer and recently booked my last international flight with them.
Delta forgets that many NRA members are owners and/or executives of large corporations who purchase many flights per year. They may not purchase through NRA, but support their cause. Delta is going to find out this was a goodwill, business marketing disaster.
Delta, set the criteria the same for every group allowed a similar level of discounts and offer them to all groups who qualify. That’s non-political.
Dropping one issue group is being political....
Executive Profile*
Edward H. Bastian
CEO & Director,Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Age 59
Total Calculated Compensation $12,557,231 Fiscal Year 2016
https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cmte=C00104802&cycle=2018
Delta Air Lines PAC to PAC/Party, 2018 cycle
National Republican Congressional Cmte $30,000
National Republican Senatorial Cmte $15,000
Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte $15,000
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte $15,000
Majority Cmte PAC $10,000
Democratic Central Cmte of Washington $5,000
Heartland Values PAC $5,000
Nebraska Sandhills PAC $5,000
One Georgia PAC $5,000
OrrinPAC $5,000
Prosperity Action $5,000
Together Holding Our Majority PAC $5,000
True North PAC $5,000
Follow the North Star Fund $5,000
Great Lakes PAC $5,000
Impact $5,000
M-PAC $5,000
Motor City PAC $5,000
PAC to the Future $5,000
Progressive Americans for Democracy $5,000
Treasure State PAC $5,000
21st Century Majority Fund $5,000
New Democrat Coalition $5,000
Value in Electing Women PAC $5,000
AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America $5,000
Bluegrass Cmte $5,000
Common Values PAC $5,000
Defend America PAC $5,000
Denali Leadership PAC $5,000
Eye of the Tiger PAC $5,000
Hawkeye PAC $2,500
Demings, Val $2,500
Ax PAC $2,500
Big Sky Opportunity PAC $2,500
Reclaim America PAC $2,500
More Conservatives PAC $2,500
*Based on data released by the FEC on February 20, 2018
PAC to PAC/Party, 2016 cycle
Contributions from this PAC Total
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte $30,000
National Republican Senatorial Cmte $30,000
National Republican Congressional Cmte $17,000
PETE PAC $10,000
Denali Leadership PAC $10,000
Jobs, Economy & Budget Fund $10,000
21st Century Majority Fund $10,000
Majority Cmte PAC $7,500
Big Sky Opportunity PAC $6,000
Bluegrass Cmte $6,000
ROSKAM PAC $6,000
OrrinPAC $5,000
Prosperity Action $5,000
Boehner for Speaker Cmte $5,000
Treasure State PAC $5,000
Follow the North Star Fund $5,000
Motor City PAC $5,000
New Democrat Coalition $5,000
Value in Electing Women PAC $5,000
AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America $5,000
Democratic Central Cmte of Washington $5,000
Great Lakes PAC $5,000
Impact $5,000
M-PAC $5,000
North Carolina Freedom Fund $4,000
One Georgia PAC $2,500
Ax PAC $2,500
Republican Party of Michigan $2,500
Bill PAC (Shuster) $2,500
DIANE PAC $2,500
Michigan Democratic State Central Cmte $2,500
PAC to the Future $2,500
Acton PAC $2,500
Alamo PAC $1,000
Goal WestPAC $1,000
Friendsgiving Cmte $1,000
*Based on data released by the FEC on November 27, 2017
At some point, Trump will tweet about Delta. Maybe he will say something like “I think I will order our air marshals to NOT fly Delta. Let customers and crews fend for themselves since the airline hates gun owners!”
The stock would tank.
Nope. Every single corp that starting posturing against the NRA has seen their public approval rating significantly drop in weekly marketing studies.
There is no upside for the corporations who decide to play agenda politics.
NRA is a political organization. Delta is not.
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