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Fortune
Rachel Ventresca

Delta CEO Ed Bastian rejected a mentor’s advice on how to run the $38 billion airline

(Credit: Stuart Isett for Fortune)

Don’t expect to spot Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian lingering at the front of the boarding line—he’s usually nowhere near it.

“I’m terrible,” Bastian admitted during an offstage interview last week at the Fortune Global Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “I’m one of the last people to get on board the flight, and our team’s always rushing to make sure that I’m there because planes will not wait for me.”

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