• Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said the massive IT outage earlier this month that stranded thousands of customers will cost it $500 million.
  • The airline canceled more than 4,000 flights in the wake of the outage, which was caused by a botched CrowdStrike software update and took thousands of Microsoft systems around the world offline.
  • Bastian, speaking from Paris, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Wednesday that the carrier would seek damages from the disruptions, adding, “We have no choice.”
  • @hperrin
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    Sure, but they did send a $10 Uber Eats gift card, so you gotta take that into account.

    • @khannie
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      499,999,990. Could be worse.

      Edit: oh I see someone else beat me to it