"Table 5: Network Carrier FTE Employees, February 2001-2005*",,,,,,,,
Rank,,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,Percentage                    Full-time Employees,
,,,,,,,2001,2005
1,American**,"117,416","96,944","95,185","79,186","75,688", 86.5,86.4
2,United,"96,280","78,013","69,157","58,620","56,910", 89.2,88.7
3,Delta,"73,362","65,878","61,928","58,116","54,530", 82.1,88.7
4,Northwest,"51,869","43,608","42,467","38,307","38,400", 93.7,94.7
5,Continental,"41,258","35,887","35,720","34,266","31,830", 78.9,80.0
6,USAirways,"43,997","34,060","27,689","26,282","23,953", 91.0,88.3
7,Alaska,"9,944","9,824","10,141","9,949","9,189", 88.1,88.6
,Total***,"429,624","383,311","342,286","304,725","290,499", 86.9,87.8
* 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.,,,,,,,,
*** Total numbers for carriers operating in 2005. ,,,,,,,,
 Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,,,,,