Originally Posted by BlueSkies

I heard this a lot at my regional. I often heard it from longtime CAs who had applied and were (rightly) discouraged they never got the call but all their FOs with no PIC did. BUT, when I dug deeper usually the only thing the CAs did was apply, and the FOs did volunteering, job fairs, LoRs, etc.

I think there is some truth to it, and that industry wide many airlines believe past a certain point you are harder to train and harder to mold into what they want. That being said, if you have many other good quals like LCA, etc. it's probably just another +/- in the points system. If you have enough good to out-weigh the 'bad' (if flight time is bad ) then you'll get the call somewhere (even if it's not DAL).