Table 8: Change in FTE Employees from the Previous Year*,,,,
Percentage change compared to same month the previous year,,,,
Month,Network Carriers,Low-Cost Carriers**,Regional Carriers***,All Passenger Airlines****
Dec. 2003-Dec. 2004,-3.5,0.5,29.4,0.7
Jan. 2004-Jan. 2005,-4.3,0.4,15.8,-1.0
Feb. 2004-Feb. 2005,-4.6,0.6,13.8,-1.4
Mar. 2004-Mar. 2005,-4.8,0.3,13.2,-1.9
*Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count part-time workers as one-half of a full-time employee.,,,,
"**Employment numbers in 2004 and 2005 for Independence Air, which changed its business model from a regional to low-cost carrier in mid-2004, are included with low-cost carriers. ",,,,
"***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 February 2004 and 2005, recorded a 10.6 percent growth rate.",,,,
"**** Includes network, low-cost, regional and other carriers.",,,,
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,