Pros
Great flight benefits (free standby travel on Delta and deeply discounted travel on other airlines) Nice to have other people your age as part of your program
Cons
Delta’s senior leaders do not care about the CSA program. It is NOT a leadership development program. They treat you as cheap labor to fill roles that other people at the company do not want (usually domestic pricing in revenue management). They call it a “rotational program,” but it is two jobs over three years, neither of which you get to choose. Others at Delta can switch jobs after just one year, but you are stuck for 18 months. The roles you get rarely involve strategic thinking, so most CSAs leave the company during their second rotation or shortly after. The mid-management leaders of the CSA program do not listen if you raise concerns, and the executive sponsor has a bad reputation within the company for being rude and callous. The pay offer and raises are under market and non-negotiable, but other recent college graduate analysts outside of the CSA program get paid more, get promoted faster, and get larger raises.