When is delta hiring flight attendants

However, the goal is to hire 5, additional employees by the end of November. The airline announced that they are only going to hire vaccinated individuals. The airline will also require any Delta employee accepted in their flight attendant training program to get vaccinated. Last year, airlines had to ask pilots and airline crew members to take voluntary leaves and early retirement packages. Around Delta flight attendants took the voluntary separation packages last year. This time around, this situation backfired as domestic travel bounced back.

With the vaccine rollout, the return of domestic travel happened faster than expected overwhelming the entire airline industry. Airline CEOs urged thousands of employees to take unpaid or partially paid leaves of absence or early retirement packages to cut labor costs in the depths of the pandemic. About 4, Delta flight attendants accepted voluntary separation packages. Airlines, like other U. Southwest Airlines last week said it is trimming its schedule through the end of the year to ease operational problems that led to hundreds of cancellations and delays this summer.

CEO Gary Kelly told staff on Monday that the airline has hired 1, people and has a goal of adding 5, employees by the end of November. Mateusz Maszczynski honed his skills as an international flight attendant at the most prominent airline in the Middle East and has been flying throughout the COVID pandemic for a well-known European airline. Matt is passionate about the aviation industry and has become an expert in passenger experience and human-centric stories. Always keeping an ear close to the ground, Matt's industry insights, analysis and news coverage is frequently relied upon by some of the biggest names in journalism.

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