PHOTOS: Delta dedicates plane to employees to celebrate profit sharing

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PHOTOS: Delta celebrates $1.6 billion profit sharing payout to employees

Delta Air Lines dedicated a plane to its employees to celebrate its $1.6 billion profit sharing payout.

02/14/2020 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian (right) takes a photo with Delta TechOps employee James Western (left) before the start of the Delta Air Lines profit sharing event at Delta TechOps in Atlanta, Friday, February 14, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

02/14/2020 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Cooperate and uniformed Delta Air Lines employees stand on the stage and watch a 'thank you' tribute video dedicated to them and the over 90,000 employees at Delta Air Lines during a profit sharing event at Delta TechOps in Atlanta, Friday, February 14, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

02/14/2020 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian (left) takes a photo with Delta Air Lines Reservations and Care employee Joni Harbin before the start of the Delta Air Lines profit sharing event at Delta TechOps in Atlanta, Friday, February 14, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

02/14/2020 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian speaks during Delta Air Lines profit sharing event at Delta TechOps in Atlanta, Friday, February 14, 2020. Bastian announced that the company paid out $1.6 billion in profit sharing during it's 95th year of existence. To thank the more than 90,000 employees of the company, Delta Air Lines revealed a new graphic that will appear on one of their planes. The graphic features each employees name scribed inside of the word 'thank you.'(ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

02/14/2020 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- A new 'thank you' graphic is revealed along the side of a Delta Air Lines plane during Delta Air Lines profit sharing event at Delta TechOps in Atlanta, Friday, February 14, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

02/14/2020 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Teleeta Adams (left), Delta Air Lines TechOps manager of Interiors Engineering, reacts as a new graphic that she helped create is revealed during Delta Air Lines profit sharing event at Delta TechOps in Atlanta, Friday, February 14, 2020. Adams helped in creating the 'thank you' graphic that has more than 90,000 Delta Air Lines employees names scribed within the word. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

02/14/2020 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- A plaque created for Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is displayed during Delta Air Lines profit sharing event at Delta TechOps in Atlanta, Friday, February 14, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

02/14/2020 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Delta Air Lines employees react during Delta Air Lines profit sharing event at Delta TechOps in Atlanta, Friday, February 14, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

02/14/2020 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Delta Air TechOps Senior engineer of Interiors engineering Micheal Turner (second from left) and Delta Air TechOps General Manager of Interiors engineering, Alex Turner (right), look for their names in a graphic that they helped to design during Delta Air Lines profit sharing event at Delta TechOps in Atlanta, Friday, February 14, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

02/14/2020 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian (right) receives a plaque from Delta TechOps Technical graphics designer Joel Freeland (left) during Delta Air Lines profit sharing event at Delta TechOps in Atlanta, Friday, February 14, 2020. Freeland helped in creating the 'thank you' graphic that has more than 90,000 Delta Air Lines employees names scribed in it. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

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02/14/2020 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian (right) takes a photo with Delta TechOps employee James Western (left) before the start of the Delta Air Lines profit sharing event at Delta TechOps in Atlanta, Friday, February 14, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

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