The EtD candidate has a legal CJO document signed between them, and Delta management. If you are accepted through the EtD program, you will be a Delta pilot provided you play ball with 9E management. They can cancel the program at any time, however pilots previously accepted will be grandfathered in, and become Delta pilots.
Apps are flooding in, that means, ASA, Skywest, etc will have their rates reset because 9E is now viable.