Gil West, Delta Air Lines, Chief Operating Officer (COO)
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English - October 01, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MBEntrepreneurship Business Technology business entreprenuership startups technology Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Gil West is the Chief Operations Officer (COO) at Delta Air Lines and has been with the company for 12 years. His background in engineering led him to an early career at Boeing but now he oversees the day-to-day operations at Delta, ensuring the airline is safe and reliable.
Come along for the ride as Edwin and Gil West discuss a few topics including:
Gil's passion for cars particularly the spectacular 2020 Ford GTDelta’s industry-leading response to the COVID-19 pandemicThe safety of current aircrafts and how Delta has led the charge to make airplanes as safe and sanitary as a hospital operating roomGil's thoughts on Boeing’s issues with the 737 MaxInnovative startups working with Delta to transform the flight experienceThe future of aviation including electric planes and hypersonic flightKeys to Gil's tremendously successful careerAnd more!