It can vary depending on where you fall in Delta’s annual hiring push. They seem to like doing the majority of their hiring early in the year to be able to train everyone and even get sim instructors out on the line for summer. Fall hiring cleans up whatever they want to add in addition. This year, that could be essentially zero if you believe the 500-1000 number out there for 2025, and conservatively guess 500ish.

So it would depend wildly on whether you ask your question to the last person who gets hired in April 2025 or the next guy who doesn’t get in until Jan 26.

As an example for me… app submitted in Jan 24, AON in Feb 24, interview in April, and the earliest class available ended up being Jan 25 (no classes Nov/Dec because they hit their number by Oct).