Published on: February 15, 2022 at 2:00 PM

By Brandon Etheredge
Auburn University

Twenty aviation students recently received job offers through a partnership between Auburn University and Delta Air Lines.

The students are part of Delta Propel, a highly selective program that provides participants a qualified job offer, or QJO, detailing a defined career path, allowing Auburn students to participate in an accelerated timeline to become a Delta pilot. This group of 20 nearly doubled the number of those who have received job offers through the program since it began.

For Blake Adkins, a professional flight major who grew up near Delta’s headquarters in Atlanta, the opportunity solidified his decision to attend Auburn.

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