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05-04-2025 | 03:15 AM
#52
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with a sh!tty culture , it’s inevitable.
At some point, Delta will be just another case study in a long line of once-good businesses that are essentially houses of cards that collapse under a cult-of-personality toxic culture, an inbred managment team, and insufferable cooperate arrogance.
Bastian has installed sycophants and unqualified personnel at every level. Whether to prop up DEI initiatives or to protect his fiefdom, he has hollowed out any hope of long-term viability. He does not prioritize mentorship, period. He is totally uninterested in finding the most qualified people for upper and middle management. Just look at the clowns who get promoted up and down the flight ops structure. Now extrapolate that to every department.
Delta’s chickens will come home to roost and it won’t take long after Bastian retires as CEO before Delta is the next AA. He’ll bail out the moment it all starts falling apart.
The only question is whether he has built generational wealth, or p!ssed it all away on drunk wives, flight attendant baby mammas, and ****ty shoes.
Time for one last stock buyback to juice his equity.
I just hope I can get one more selfie with “Ed.”
/rant
At some point, Delta will be just another case study in a long line of once-good businesses that are essentially houses of cards that collapse under a cult-of-personality toxic culture, an inbred managment team, and insufferable cooperate arrogance.
Bastian has installed sycophants and unqualified personnel at every level. Whether to prop up DEI initiatives or to protect his fiefdom, he has hollowed out any hope of long-term viability. He does not prioritize mentorship, period. He is totally uninterested in finding the most qualified people for upper and middle management. Just look at the clowns who get promoted up and down the flight ops structure. Now extrapolate that to every department.
Delta’s chickens will come home to roost and it won’t take long after Bastian retires as CEO before Delta is the next AA. He’ll bail out the moment it all starts falling apart.
The only question is whether he has built generational wealth, or p!ssed it all away on drunk wives, flight attendant baby mammas, and ****ty shoes.
Time for one last stock buyback to juice his equity.
I just hope I can get one more selfie with “Ed.”
/rant
05-04-2025 | 04:41 AM
#53
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From: Blue Juice Taste Tester
with a sh!tty culture , it’s inevitable.
At some point, Delta will be just another case study in a long line of once-good businesses that are essentially houses of cards that collapse under a cult-of-personality toxic culture, an inbred managment team, and insufferable cooperate arrogance.
Bastian has installed sycophants and unqualified personnel at every level. Whether to prop up DEI initiatives or to protect his fiefdom, he has hollowed out any hope of long-term viability. He does not prioritize mentorship, period. He is totally uninterested in finding the most qualified people for upper and middle management. Just look at the clowns who get promoted up and down the flight ops structure. Now extrapolate that to every department.
Delta’s chickens will come home to roost and it won’t take long after Bastian retires as CEO before Delta is the next AA. He’ll bail out the moment it all starts falling apart.
The only question is whether he has built generational wealth, or p!ssed it all away on drunk wives, flight attendant baby mammas, and ****ty shoes.
Time for one last stock buyback to juice his equity.
I just hope I can get one more selfie with “Ed.”
/rant
At some point, Delta will be just another case study in a long line of once-good businesses that are essentially houses of cards that collapse under a cult-of-personality toxic culture, an inbred managment team, and insufferable cooperate arrogance.
Bastian has installed sycophants and unqualified personnel at every level. Whether to prop up DEI initiatives or to protect his fiefdom, he has hollowed out any hope of long-term viability. He does not prioritize mentorship, period. He is totally uninterested in finding the most qualified people for upper and middle management. Just look at the clowns who get promoted up and down the flight ops structure. Now extrapolate that to every department.
Delta’s chickens will come home to roost and it won’t take long after Bastian retires as CEO before Delta is the next AA. He’ll bail out the moment it all starts falling apart.
The only question is whether he has built generational wealth, or p!ssed it all away on drunk wives, flight attendant baby mammas, and ****ty shoes.
Time for one last stock buyback to juice his equity.
I just hope I can get one more selfie with “Ed.”
/rant
People in here will see the stock market drop as a direct consequence of our government's policies and dismiss it as no big deal, but we're leading the industry and somehow our CEO is destroying the airline because DEI?
Holy cognitive dissonance Batman
05-04-2025 | 05:47 AM
#54
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Inflation is down, oil is down, interest rates are down and job numbers are up(especially private sector jobs) 5 trillion in pledged investment in USA and a "secure border" has been redefined. How bout those egg prices that was the rage to rage about?
05-04-2025 | 06:03 AM
#55
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From: Blue Juice Taste Tester
What stock market drop? On Nov 5th 2024 (election day) the DJIA was at 42,200.....as of Friday's close, May 3 2025, the DJIA is at 41,300. So, are you referring to 2% lower as a "stock market drop" and something I should be worried about? Do you perchance work for MSM? IOW, I will dismiss it as no big deal.
Inflation is down, oil is down, interest rates are down and job numbers are up(especially private sector jobs) 5 trillion in pledged investment in USA and a "secure border" has been redefined. How bout those egg prices that was the rage to rage about?
Inflation is down, oil is down, interest rates are down and job numbers are up(especially private sector jobs) 5 trillion in pledged investment in USA and a "secure border" has been redefined. How bout those egg prices that was the rage to rage about?
And you tell me, your peeps were the ones screaming about egg prices, and then got conveniently quiet when they didn't magically drop overnight.
05-04-2025 | 06:13 AM
#56
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What stock market drop? On Nov 5th 2024 (election day) the DJIA was at 42,200.....as of Friday's close, May 3 2025, the DJIA is at 41,300. So, are you referring to 2% lower as a "stock market drop" and something I should be worried about? Do you perchance work for MSM? IOW, I will dismiss it as no big deal.
Inflation is down, oil is down, interest rates are down and job numbers are up(especially private sector jobs) 5 trillion in pledged investment in USA and a "secure border" has been redefined. How bout those egg prices that was the rage to rage about?
Inflation is down, oil is down, interest rates are down and job numbers are up(especially private sector jobs) 5 trillion in pledged investment in USA and a "secure border" has been redefined. How bout those egg prices that was the rage to rage about?
05-04-2025 | 06:37 AM
#57
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What stock market drop? On Nov 5th 2024 (election day) the DJIA was at 42,200.....as of Friday's close, May 3 2025, the DJIA is at 41,300. So, are you referring to 2% lower as a "stock market drop" and something I should be worried about? Do you perchance work for MSM? IOW, I will dismiss it as no big deal.
Inflation is down, oil is down, interest rates are down and job numbers are up(especially private sector jobs) 5 trillion in pledged investment in USA and a "secure border" has been redefined. How bout those egg prices that was the rage to rage about?
Inflation is down, oil is down, interest rates are down and job numbers are up(especially private sector jobs) 5 trillion in pledged investment in USA and a "secure border" has been redefined. How bout those egg prices that was the rage to rage about?
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05-04-2025 | 06:58 AM
#58
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Inflation and interest rates are the doing of Jerome Powell, not DT or JB. And I hope you're smart enough to know the president doesn't control oil prices, unless you're one of those mouth breathers slapping stickers at gas pumps.
And you tell me, your peeps were the ones screaming about egg prices, and then got conveniently quiet when they didn't magically drop overnight.
And you tell me, your peeps were the ones screaming about egg prices, and then got conveniently quiet when they didn't magically drop overnight.
Fridays close: Dow 41,317.13. S&P 5686.67. Nasdaq 17,977.73. This is after what is being hailed as "The Longest Win Streak (for the S&P 500) in 20 Years". Hopefully this has provided a buying opportunity to average down. Nothing to brag about yet (imo).
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05-04-2025 | 07:15 AM
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Just for a timeline clarification/data point, on 1/20/2025 the Dow closed at 43,487.83. The S&P 500 closed at 5996.66 and the Nasdaq closed at 19,630.20.
Fridays close: Dow 41,317.13. S&P 5686.67. Nasdaq 17,977.73. This is after what is being hailed as "The Longest Win Streak (for the S&P 500) in 20 Years". Hopefully this has provided a buying opportunity to average down. Nothing to brag about yet (imo).
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Fridays close: Dow 41,317.13. S&P 5686.67. Nasdaq 17,977.73. This is after what is being hailed as "The Longest Win Streak (for the S&P 500) in 20 Years". Hopefully this has provided a buying opportunity to average down. Nothing to brag about yet (imo).
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On 11/29/2024 the DJI closed at 44,910 and on 1/10/2025 the DJI closed at 41,938 a loss of 3000 points....and nobody said a word.
"Strategic uncertainty" introduced by Trump certainly roiled the markets, but 97% of retail investors didn't sell any stock during that time. From that announcement, the markets have fully recovered.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-stock-market-comes-all-the-way-back--and-then-some-chart-of-the-week-110010271.html
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-market-made-back-losses-124038060.html
05-04-2025 | 07:23 AM
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I'm not sure anyone is bragging about the market. But context is important. Using your numbers the DJI is down roughly 2100 points since inauguration day. Many are losing their minds.
On 11/29/2024 the DJI closed at 44,910 and on 1/10/2025 the DJI closed at 41,938 a loss of 3000 points....and nobody said a word.
"Strategic uncertainty" introduced by Trump certainly roiled the markets, but 97% of retail investors didn't sell any stock during that time. From that announcement, the markets have fully recovered.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-stock-market-comes-all-the-way-back--and-then-some-chart-of-the-week-110010271.html
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-market-made-back-losses-124038060.html
On 11/29/2024 the DJI closed at 44,910 and on 1/10/2025 the DJI closed at 41,938 a loss of 3000 points....and nobody said a word.
"Strategic uncertainty" introduced by Trump certainly roiled the markets, but 97% of retail investors didn't sell any stock during that time. From that announcement, the markets have fully recovered.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-stock-market-comes-all-the-way-back--and-then-some-chart-of-the-week-110010271.html
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-market-made-back-losses-124038060.html
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