Delta Airlines opened Pandora's Box when it caved in to a wave of complaints – likely the result of a sophisticated operation to turn a handful of activists into what looks like tens of thousands of individual emails, tweets, Instagram messages, and Facebook posts – and ended its program of discounts for NRA members.   Angry Georgia legislators worried about their constituents being dissed passed a bill stripping a $40 million a year in sales tax exemption on aviation fuel, a move that will directly impact the airline's bottom line if the governor signs the bill (update: he signed it) and it becomes law.  Delta operates America's  largest airline hub (over a thousand flights a day) at Atlanta Airport, where it buys oceans of jet fuel.  In theory, it has the ability to funnel some connecting passengers and their flights through its other hubs in Minneapolis, Detroit, and Salt Lake City if the costs at Atlanta rise...(Read Full Post)