Regional guys that have gotten the call - white male 6-7k hrs. Minority groups get a call with 4-5k. I am not trying to use the discrimination card here, but just stating facts. There are variables here, but this is the average. AK even stated of the ones they hired in 2014 17% fit the minority bracket. They have to hire a certain number of minorities to keep gov attention off of them.

Remember the above info is just averages. If you have other great stuff on your record you may get pulled with much less. Also, AK stated education is important to DAL when picking an applicant. They want to see:
GOOD GPA - 2.5 min 3.0 preferred,
Well known university,
He said college in 5 years or less, but also stated they are seeing many that have taken longer.


Also, AK stated "the minimum for recency of experience needs to be 100 hrs in the last year. This is to help the military guys that don't fly much."

One guy asked AK "what is the preferred amount of hours in the last year for civ only regional guys?" AK stated "preferred 400-500 hours in the last year knowing the number of legs they typically do a day". That guy that asked the question stated he only got 300 hrs the last year due to being on reserve, but was dead heading a lot and couldn't control his schedule. AK said "300 hrs would be fine", but that seemed contrary to his initial statement.