Reps. García, Nadler Lead House Colleagues in Demanding Answers from Delta CEO About AI Use in Ticket Pricing

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04), and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee, led a letter with 22 of their colleagues demanding answers from Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian after the company indicated it is partnering with the Israeli company Fetcherr to expand its use of generative artificial intelligence and move towards individualized, surveillance-based pricing.

The Members' letter follows up on a lettersent by Senators Gallego, Blumenthal, and Warner, to which Delta failed to adequately respond.

"At a time when Americans are struggling to afford basic necessities, the airline industry is already highly concentrated, and generative AI is being deployed throughout the economy with limited transparency, this move could drive up prices for consumers and result in individualized, surveillance-based price discrimination," the Members wrote.

"And while Delta claims it has 'strict safeguards to ensure compliance with federal law, it has not explained what those safeguards are, provided any meaningful transparency into its agreement with Fetcherr or the data that is being used to train the generative AI-powered algorithms, or otherwise provided evidence that it is not moving towards surveillance pricing," the Members continued.

The Members asked a series of questions to Delta about its plans to expand generative AI in its ticket pricing and requested a response by November 18.

Read the full text of the letter here.

The letter was cosigned by Representatives Becca Balint (VT-00), André Carson (IN-07), Greg Casar (TX-35), Judy Chu (CA-28), Yvette Clarke (NY-09), Danny Davis (IL-07), Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Dwight Evans (PA-03), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Dan Goldman (NY-10), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Summer Lee (PA-12), Morgan McGarvey (KY-03), Jim McGovern (MA-02), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-00), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Mark Takano (CA-39), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Paul Tonko (NY-20), and Nydia Velázquez (NY-07).

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