"Table 5: Network Carrier FTE Employees, April 2001-2005*",,,,,,,,
(Ranked by April 2005 FTE Employees),,,,,,,,
Rank,,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,Percentage Full-time Employees,
,,,,,,,2001,2005
1,American**,"94,856","95,747","89,297","79,114","75,424",85.2,86.3
2,United,"96,428","78,434","67,000","59,374","55,529",89.4,88.5
3,Delta,"75,587","64,945","59,041","58,099","52,937",83.4,88.4
4,Northwest,"51,768","43,932","39,269","38,381","38,005",93.6,94.3
5,Continental,"41,717","36,489","35,465","34,594","32,431",78.9,80.4
6,US Airways,"44,192","33,865","27,040","26,075","22,294",91.1,87.1
7,Alaska,"10,117","10,025","10,118","9,998","9,227",88.4,88.3
8,TWA,"18,725",N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,94.0,N/A
,Total,"433,388","363,485","327,229","305,634","285,846",87.2,87.6
* 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,,,,,,,,