A Delta spokesman said only 13 tickets were sold under the group travel discount for the National Rifle Association.
"Our people and our customers have a wide range of views on how to increase safety in our schools and public places, and we are not taking sides. Our objective in removing any implied affiliation with the NRA was to remove Delta from this debate," Bastian wrote in the statement. He added that many employees have gotten questions from customers, and that he knows it is "not comfortable to be caught in a highly emotional debate."
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