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HelloEveryone
What's considered the minimum/competitive hours... these days?
I was under the impression that Delta only hired military, so if you were civilian you were pretty much out of luck.
If they hire civilian at all in 2026... is 5k, 10k hours competitive? 15+ or maybe more?
I was also under the impression they liked their new-hires to spend a few years at the wholly-owned (Endeavor) before onboarding them, or at least at a "competitor" mainline (United or American) before a conditional offer. Is that still true?
Thanks in advance.
I’m a somewhat jr CA. Probably 80% of the FOs I fly with (almost all 2023-2025 hires) never flew in the military.
the “delta only hires military pilots” seems to be a pre NW merger stereotype. Everything I’ve saw when I was applying before Covid was it was close to a 50/50 split 2014-2020, with civilians making up the vast majority of post covid hires.