About 82 percent of its workforce has been vaccinated, and Bastian expects that 90 percent of Delta’s workforce will be vaccinated by the end of October. People who don’t get vaccinated have to pay a monthly fine – an insurance surcharge.

“People talk about their freedoms and liberties,” Bastian said. “There’s nothing free about freedom. We all know that we’ve paid a big price for freedom.”

Bastian speaking at the Kiwanis club in Atlanta a month ago