Delta will hire 225 new flight attendants this fall as it begins preparing staffing levels for 2014. While more flight attendants will be hired next year as well, In-Flight Service leaders decided to begin the process early to spread out demand at the Atlanta Training Center as well as provide greater flexibility to handle new mainline flying.

The new hires will not be part of Delta’s Language of Destination program for foreign language speakers and will come from an existing pool of competitive applicants who applied or were referred for flight attendant positions during the open application window earlier this year. The positions will not be reposted on eBid or delta.com, and IFS will not be requesting referrals.



Well I guess I can assume our last contract allowed the company the flexibility to hire 625 flight attendants without the need to hire a single pilot. My conservative math tells me we gave up 625 pilots worth of productivity in our last contract!

Perhaps someone from the union side can correct me. By my count we have not hired any pilots since management has needed at least 625 flight attendantst. Also, we have a large number going through training and having a few months off. I cannot imagine a bunch if flight attendants are retiring. Any union likes want to show me what I am missing!