Originally Posted by AverageGPA

The guys above me here answered your questions pretty well - really good data in those posts to see what the trend is.

Delta hasn’t been “Military only” or even Military majority in a couple decades at least. Most of our new hires are coming from regionals not named Endeavor and the vast majority don’t have military experience. A handful of dudes move over from LCCs, and a few come from other legacies.

Average flight times being published for new hires is artificially inflated due to the number of guys we’ve taken from ULCCs who have 10,000+ hours and are trying to hop off the sinking ship(s). Without those numbers baked in, the average flight times would be under 4K.