Delta Airlines Pilot Hiring 2024. First, delta announced that it would drastically slow pilot hiring, then a leaked internal southwest memo made clear the company’s plans to pause hiring and. Delta said it will hire fewer pilots in 2024 than it did in 2023, rolling back to about half of what it onboarded last year.
2024 marks a new era for aviation careers with significant growth in pilot hiring and salaries. The airline plans to hire roughly half as many pilots next year as it did in 2023, the latest sign that a hiring spree is starting to slow.