"Table 5: Network Carrier FTE Employees, November 2001-2005*",,,,,,,,
(Ranked by November 2005 FTE Employees),,,,,,,,
Rank,,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,Percentage                    Full-time Employees,
,,,,,,,2001,2005
1,American**,"84,762","96,401","79,664","78,780","75,022",85.5,86.2
2,United,"82,020","77,863","58,708","58,238","53,797",91.7,88.9
3,Delta,"70,140","65,076","58,563","56,850","49,765",84.3,89.4
4,Northwest,"44,360","43,715","37,919","37,813","31,904",96.2,94.6
5,Continental,"35,527","36,346","34,201","34,367","32,754",80.2,80.8
6,US Airways,"38,577","31,523","26,401","24,806","20,185",91.6,85.6
7,Alaska,"9,876","10,199","9,952","9,378","8,997",87.1,89.5
8,TWA,"13,336",0,0,0,0,93.9,N/A
,Total,"378,598","361,123","305,408","300,232","272,424",88.2,87.6
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.,,,,,,,,
**American Airline’s statistics beginning in June 2001 reflect that carrier’s absorption of former TWA employees that were retained by AA after its April 2001 acquisition of TWA’s assets. ,,,,,,,,
Note: Detail may not add to total due to rounding,,,,,,,,
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,,,,,