Delta To Add 1,000 Flight Attendant Jobs In January

Delta Air Lines said Friday that it is adding back 1,000 flight attendants, including recalling 425 who were on a voluntary furlough.

The focus of the hiring is on foreign-language speakers who can work on international flights and speak languages including Japanese, Mandarin, Dutch and Spanish, airline spokeswoman Betsy Talton said.

The new flight attendants will begin training in January and should be flying by the middle of next year, she said. Delta, the largest airline at Detroit Metro, has received more than 85,000 applications for the flight attendant jobs. Read the rest of this entry