Originally Posted by scambo1

The Compass and Mesaba flows are finite, by this I mean there are a fixed number of pilots who will flow. The best way into Delta is to interview and get hired.

...or get hired at Hawaiian and wait for the merger.

There is some talk about DAL hiring later this year and/or early next year. The best way to get interviewed is to have all of your application material up-to-date and get some internal letters of recommendation.

Every DAL pilot hopes for hiring soon, but until the hiring begins for sure, it is generally speculation. Things change. When hiring begins, it will be for a long time. You want to be on the front of that wave.