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I spoke to Delta today (they told me to check in after the new year). Very polite but couldn't provide anything remotely close to a date for training. Promised not to hold them to any thing they said but said they just didn't have any idea as things are just starting out. As I said in an early post, I was a Mid/Late December hire. They said to check back in late Spring or early Summer and they'd have a better feel. So that tells me their initial talk of Spring/Summer looks more like Summer/Fall (at the earliest...?) for off the street hires from December. I've got another active duty military guy I know who was hired in November. If I get any words from him I'll let you all know.