---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-26-001033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAL"
cik: "0000027904"
company_name: "DELTA AIR LINES, INC."
filed_at: "2026-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:51:17.916024+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Delta principal accounting officer Carroll to retire; McConnell appointed effective April 1

## Summary
- William C. Carroll, principal accounting officer, will retire effective March 31, 2026.
- Julia A. McConnell, age 57, will become principal accounting officer effective April 1, 2026.
- McConnell joined Delta in March 2025; previously SVP & CAO of WestRock Company (June 2020 - Dec 2024).
- McConnell held finance leadership roles at Carter's, PepsiCo, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-26-001033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAL
- cik: 0000027904
- company_name: DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27904/000168316826001033/0001683168-26-001033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27904/000168316826001033/delta_8k.htm

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