In our new hire class in 2010, we had about 1/2 military and 1/2 civilian. On the day I was hired, there were 12 interviewees, 5 military and 7 civilian. All 5 military were hired and 2 of the civilian pilots were hired. It might be more difficult for civilian guys to get hired at Delta, but with military pilots becoming fewer in availability, it really won't matter anyway. Delta can choose to hire who it wants to...at my interview I had an active captain (prior military), retired captain (straight civilian) and an HR person. It's a great job and I get to work with great people.