"Table 6: Top 10 Airlines, October 2007",,,,
Ranked by Number of Full-Time Equivalent Employees* ,,,,
Rank ,Airline*,Total FTE Employees (000),Carrier Group,Top 10 Airlines October 2006 
1,American,"73,259",Network,American
2,United,"52,373",Network,United
3,Delta,"48,416",Network,Delta
4,Continental,"35,972",Network,Continental
5,Southwest,"33,876",Low Cost,Southwest
6,US Airways,"32,880",Low Cost,Northwest
7,Northwest,"29,168",Network,US Airways
8,Sky West,"10,106",Regional,America West
9,Alaska,"9,827",Network,JetBlue
10,JetBlue,"9,804",Low Cost,Alaska
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.,,,,