The last time Delta hired the system was very objective with weighting given to activities which demonstrated the applicant was a person who habitually went "above and beyond." The majority of my class had continued university studies beyond their Baccalaureate work. No one ever figured out exactly how these items were scored, but search posts by ACL65 and others in early 2007 for insights.

Also, "points" (for lack of a better term) could be obtained by pre-interview meetings with Chief Pilots, although I had heard that got shut down. In effect these became internal recommendations.

Internal recommendations were validated by use of a Delta.com e-mail address, so if you have internals they should be using their internal e-mail to help you out.