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00:00Washington's really important. It's you know we face a lot of challenges on the international side. One of the areas that we've been very vocal on is the Gulf carrier dispute around subsidies. We need Washington to pay attention in the political landscape. There's a lot of discussion on trade and whether the U.S. is being taken advantage of whether there's international barriers that need to be erected. We don't believe in any of that. But we do believe is that our existing policies and treaties should be enforced and there is a clear violation happening today and that's one thing that I'll be very vocal on going forward. So beyond the objections that Richard raised the CEO beyond the objections that you're going to raise as CEO of Delta. What more can you do. Well we need to keep the keep the attention on this is going to be a long term battle. There's not an easy solution to this. We want the State Department to enter into consultations with their colleagues. We want to make certain that everything that we we we build for the future is dedicated around an opportunity. You've got a healthy vibrant growing U.S. industry not just a Delta industry but a U.S. airline industry that has all the opportunities for a fair and level playing field. We can compete with anybody when given the opportunity. But when you're asked to fight with two arms tied behind your back it's not fair .

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Delta CEO on the Fight Against Gulf Carrier Subsidies

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian officially becomes CEO of the second-largest U.S. carrier today. Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker sat down with Bastian in the company's engine shop at its headquarters in Atlanta, where they discussed fighting subsidies for Gulf carriers. (Source: Bloomberg)