Which updates. The one I read said hiring will be down through the rest of the year. There is nothing magic here. The crunch this summer was caused by marketing adding a big block of additional flight hours at the last minute. That was referenced in numerous company documents.
The transition of DCI flying to the mainline is winding down. The last 717's will be delivered this fall. Mainline block hours will trend up at a much lower rate going forward. Pilot retirements in mass are still a few years away.
One pilot posted on here that we were canceling international flights out of JFK due to no crews. I took a look on Delta net for the weekend he referenced and the two days before and after. There were a total of 6 canceled flights system wide during that period. None of the six were for crew and none were to Europe or international.