"Table 1: Passenger Airline Employment, January 2004-2005",,,
(number of current carriers in parentheses),,,
,Jan. 2004,Jan. 2005,Pct. Change 2004-2005
Total (35),"460,336","456,841",-0.8
Full-time,"407,107","401,979",-1.3
Part-time,"53,229","54,862",3.1
Network carriers (7),,,
Total,"323,936","310,791",-4.1
Full-time,"286,245","273,305",-4.5
Part-time,"37,691","37,486",-0.5
Low-cost Carriers (8),,,
Total,"74,588","75,110",0.7
Full-time,"67,895","68,089",0.3
Part-time,"6,693","7,021",4.9
Regional Carriers (13),,,
Total,"50,812","59,369",16.8
Full-time,"45,009","52,224",16
Part-time,"5,803","7,145",23.1
Other Carriers (7),,,
Total,"11,000","11,571",5.2
Full-time,"7,958","8,361",5.1
Part-time,"3,042","3,210",5.5
"*Independence Air (formerly known as Atlantic Coast Airlines) data have been included in 2004 and 2005 totals for Low-cost Carriers, reflecting the current change in its business model.",,,
"**2005 Regional data include results from one newly reporting airline that was not required to report employment data in 2004: PSA Airlines. The regional airline category, including only those airlines that reported employment data in both January 2004 and 2005, recorded an 11.9 percent growth rate.",,,
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,