It does say he was an instructor, and the FAA requires different types of flying logged as different categories. Journos are know-nothing English majors. If Delta only reports their pilots' hours flying actual commercial flights, and this guy spends most of his time flying as an instructor, it would explain the discrepancy. Guaranteed the Journo didn't even think to ask that type of question, just rewrote Deltas press release.
It does say he was an instructor, and the FAA requires different types of flying logged as different categories. Journos are know-nothing English majors. If Delta only reports their pilots' hours flying actual commercial flights, and this guy spends most of his time flying as an instructor, it would explain the discrepancy. Guaranteed the Journo didn't even think to ask that type of question, just rewrote Deltas press release.