Coming from another airline, the grass isn't greener... - Flight Attendant Delta Air Lines Employee Review

1.0
Mar 23, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-flexible schedules (sometimes) -other airline travel benefits

Cons

-management: inexperienced, often unavailable, inconsistent -payroll issues: you have to triple check often -no sick time; use your pto, go unpaid or work sick. often results as an "occurrence" even with doctor's certification instructing you not to work -scheduling issues: insufficient bodies, operations crumble during weather events or other operational events, no support & no wiggle room to make executive decisions for your own safety w.o consequence -company expects grace, but does not reciprocate it in times of need -6 scheduled on-call days/month but everyday feels like you're on call the way scheduling does reroutes. You're often dragged around the world, extremely extended days, short rest periods, flown into off days and barely compensated -senior staff get away with some absurd stuff and mistreat junior staff -lots of microaggressions; pretty hostile work environment -planes are filthy and not well maintained, a lot of mechanical issues and often a lack of supplies

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5.0
Jun 29, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great work life balance and flexibility

Cons

Union is needs because they try to change rules when needed

5.0
Sep 18, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome company to work for! Fun work environment, cares about employees, great uniforms, competitive pay, just an awesome company to work for! They are very flexible, you can live anywhere in the world you want, as long as your able to get to work when you need to be there!

Cons

At the end of the day, it is a very large corporation. So it is very easy to become just a "number" in the company. The flight attendant group is not unionized, so rules can change very often. Make sure your time management is impeccable, because you cannot be late for work AT ALL, and there aren't many acceptable excuses, even rain is not an excuse.

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Delta Air Lines Response
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Thank you for your review and recommendation of Delta. We work hard every day to make Delta a great place to work; it’s nice to hear how much you enjoy our company and our work environment. Our people and our culture are our most important competitive advantages and the direct relationship we have enjoyed with our flight attendants has served our people, our customers and our company very well. To that end, we have a strong open door policy that enables any employee to go directly to a leader with any concerns, and we have hundreds of flight attendants who are actively engaged in our business, providing feedback and working on solutions for their colleagues and our customers. At Delta, a consistent, reliable operation is one of the reasons our top customers come back to fly with us time and again. That makes employee reliability – being on time, every day, for your shift or your flight – especially important. We agree that having a fundamental understanding of the flight attendant role is important for our field leaders, and we also value diversity at all levels of the company. That’s why so many of our field leaders are flight attendant qualified and many still fly when their schedules allow. We appreciate your feedback and will be sharing it with our In-Flight team. –Wendy, Talent Acquisition Team
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