"Table 5: Network Carrier FTE Employees, March 2001-2005*",,,,,,,,,,
(Ranked by March 2005 FTE Employees),,,,,,,,,,
Rank,,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,Percentage Full-time Employees ,,,
,,,,,,,2001,2005,,
1,American**,"94,617","96,094","90,551","79,048","75,688",85.3,86.4,,
2,United,"96,544","77,040","67,084","58,617","55,899",89.2,88.5,,
3,Delta,"73,635","66,007","61,092","57,840","54,090",83.2,88.5,,
4,Northwest,"51,982","44,051","41,689","38,383","38,416",93.7,95.2,,
5,Continental,"41,517","36,393","35,845","34,535","32,319",78.8,80.3,,
6,US Airways,"44,113","34,046","27,403","26,252","23,697",91.0,88.0,,
7,Alaska,"10,064","9,872","10,125","9,840","9,206",88.5,88.7,,
8,TWA,"18,802",N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,93.9,N/A,,
,Total,"431,274","363,503","333,789","304,615","289,315",87.1,87.8,,
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count part-time workers as one-half of a full-time employee.,,,,,,,,,,
**American Airline’s statistics beginning in April 2001 reflect that carrier’s absorption of former TWA employees that were retained by AA after its April 2001 acquisition of TWA’s assets. ,,,,,,,,,,
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,,,,,,,