Delta's No. 2 Guy Trying to Win Over Workers

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NEW YORK -- A former industry consultant, Jim Whitehurst has rapidly moved up the ladder in his four years at Delta Air Lines Inc. to the No. 2 position at the company.

Though he's been mentioned as a possible successor to Chief Executive Gerald Grinstein, Whitehurst isn't saying much about his future ambitions at the nation's third-largest airline except that he plans to stay for a while. At the moment, the 38-year-old chief operating officer said he's focused on winning over employees who have been concerned about job and pay cuts at the bankrupt airline.

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Delta's No. 2 Guy Trying to Win Over Workers

"The greatest challenge for me and for Delta is with all of the uncertainty and ambiguity and pain and sacrifices we're asking all of our people to go through, it's really keeping the heart...

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