Originally Posted by
The Situation
While I wished that too, very, very rarely are these gotcha questions asked. They are always asked behind the scenes, never in public and behind the scenes, that is a softball question
. If someone is really that unhappy that they are going to ask that type of question, it is always going to be when they have the CEO's undivided attention and can ask a lot of other questions that are on their mind and give the CEO a piece of their mind about how to run the company. We always prepare for them, but only once in my career has anyone ever asked a question like that in a public meeting. Behind the scenes...all the time.
Delta’s corporate PR team reached out to CNBC in advance and worked out behind the scenes the softball questions that would be asked aka ground rules for the live “interview”. CNBC needs the onsite CEO news content for programming to maintain viewership. Fast Eddie was very polished today for his “interview” response as he knew the questions in advance, unlike the Atlanta Rotary Club response that he appeared awkward when answering. Wouldn’t be surprised if there was a teleprompter out of sight from the cameras that Fast Eddie read word for word from.