Delta CEO to forgo all of his base salary for 6 months; his base in 2019 was 5.5% of total compensation

[tacobell fan]

Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL, -3.78% said in its 2020 ***** Statement, filed late Thursday, that Chief Executive Edward Bastian was forgoing all of his base salary for six months, starting April 1, as a result of the "unprecedented challenges" the company is facing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. To put that in context, Bastian's 2019 base salary of $945,833 represented 5.5% of total compensation of $17.33 million. That's up from a base of $891,667 and total compensation of $14.98 million in 2018. Bastian's total compensation in 2019 includes $8.38 million worth of stock awards, $4.13 million worth of option awards and $3.52 million in non-equity incentive plan compensation. The stock, which as lost 53.3% year to date, had rallied 17.2% in 2019, while the Dow Jones Transportation Average DJT, -1.89% rose 18.9% last year and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.88% advanced 22.3%.

[kathanayaka]

this is just peanuts for CEO's

google CEO total comp is 280 Million and base is 650 K USD. 

[TechAdvice]

24 minutes ago, tacobell fan said:

Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL, -3.78% said in its 2020 ***** Statement, filed late Thursday, that Chief Executive Edward Bastian was forgoing all of his base salary for six months, starting April 1, as a result of the "unprecedented challenges" the company is facing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. To put that in context, Bastian's 2019 base salary of $945,833 represented 5.5% of total compensation of $17.33 million. That's up from a base of $891,667 and total compensation of $14.98 million in 2018. Bastian's total compensation in 2019 includes $8.38 million worth of stock awards, $4.13 million worth of option awards and $3.52 million in non-equity incentive plan compensation. The stock, which as lost 53.3% year to date, had rallied 17.2% in 2019, while the Dow Jones Transportation Average DJT, -1.89% rose 18.9% last year and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.88% advanced 22.3%.

That’s grocery $$$ for them 

[r2d2]

and our hardest working ever doctor Thaatha works for free...

[AndhraneedSCS]

Jagan anna is just taking 1 rupee  and now he is giving up on that.