"Table 5: Network Carrier FTE Employees, January 2001-2005*",,,,,,,,
Rank,,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,"Percentage 
Full-time Employees",
,,,,,,,2001,2005
1,American Airlines**,"93,462","98,004","94,726","79,208","76,047",85.0,86.6
2,United,"96,227","80,698","74,865","58,590","56,904",88.9,88.7
3,Delta,"73,634","65,767","63,016","58,393","55,551",82.6,89.0
4,Northwest,"51,561","43,741","42,389","38,195","38,390",93.6,94.7
5,Continental,"41,101","35,720","35,745","34,278","31,864",78.7,79.9
6,US Airways,"43,970","34,633","27,820","26,541","24,114",90.2,88.3
7,Alaska Airlines,"9,774","9,803","10,172","9,897","9,179",88.4,88.6
8,Trans World,"19,119",N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,93.6,N/A
,Total,"430,849","368,366","348,733","305,102","292,049",86.8,87.9
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count part-time workers as one-half of a full-time employee.,,,,,,,,
** American Airlines’ 2001 employment statistics include TWA employees that were absorbed by AA after its purchase of TWA assets in April 2001.,,,,,,,,
 Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,,,,,