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P10 - Annual Employee Statistics by Labor Category 2008

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Carrier Name Entity General Manager Pilots & Co-Pilots Other Flight Personnel Passenger/
General Services & Administration		 Maintenance Aircraft & Traffic Handling Group 1 General Aircraft & Traffic Handling Aircraft Control Passenger Handling Cargo Handling Trainees & Instructor Statistical Traffic Solicitors Other Transport Related Total
Aerodynamics Domestic 10 6 6 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 183 221
Air Transport Domestic 7 73 29 0 52 0 20 0 0 0 8 7 0 25 0 221
Air Transport Atlantic 7 36 14 23 32 0 8 0 0 0 8 7 3 24 0 162
Air Wisconsin Domestic 217 613 0 317 182 0 19 31 1088 0 27 84 0 81 0 2659
Airborne Express Domestic 83 572 62 0 917 0 125 38 0 540 6 101 25 150 3287 5906
Airtran Domestic 60 1559 0 1958 405 0 1226 69 1692 0 28 13 30 1219 0 8259
Alaska Latin 1 115 0 197 62 0 6 12 218 73 16 30 10 76 0 816
Alaska Domestic 11 1246 0 2132 665 0 60 124 2351 783 178 329 110 823 0 8812
Allegiant Domestic 10 269 38 339 122 0 308 22 98 0 15 60 17 33 0 1330
Aloha Domestic 12 27 3 0 52 0 0 8 0 189 5 23 3 17 0 339
American Atlantic 8 1127 0 3290 1373 0 10 10 689 535 39 984 25 17 0 8107
American Latin 10 1426 0 3138 2257 0 34 34 2235 1735 48 1213 31 21 0 12180
American Domestic 33 5393 0 8642 10514 0 164 162 10818 8397 162 4072 103 71 0 48532
American Pacific 2 360 0 892 335 0 2 2 123 96 11 269 7 5 0 2104
American Eagle Latin 17 449 0 28 25 0 30 0 33 0 2 0 0 4 0 189
American Eagle Domestic 811 2333 0 1325 1202 0 1434 0 1559 0 81 0 0 181 0 8926
Amerijet Domestic 1 6 4 7 7 0 6 1 0 14 0 6 3 0 1 56
Amerijet Latin 8 52 35 59 59 0 58 5 0 130 0 54 30 4 9 504
Arrow Latin 22 69 38 0 60 0 183 0 0 0 9 87 17 29 0 514
Astar Air Cargo (Dhl) Atlantic 2 41 16 0 9 0 27 20 0 0 2 7 0 8 0 132
Astar Air Cargo (Dhl) Domestic 10 281 110 0 64 0 188 139 0 0 14 48 1 48 0 903
Atlantic Southeast Latin 1 17 0 9 9 0 2 2 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 49
Atlantic Southeast Domestic 29 1596 0 880 877 0 101 132 597 0 21 71 0 0 0 4304
Atlas Air Domestic 17 71 25 0 22 0 0 3 0 12 3 3 1 6 0 164
Atlas Air International 108 457 162 0 144 0 0 17 0 79 21 23 7 37 0 1055
Capital Cargo Domestic 3 53 17 0 11 23 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 11 0 129
Capital Cargo International 2 35 12 0 8 16 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 7 0 88
Casino Express Domestic 15 25 0 35 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 3 0 97
Challenge Air Cargo Latin 27 56 21 0 75 245 0 0 0 0 2 41 27 144 0 638
Comair Domestic 182 1276 49 854 568 0 222 116 1983 0 54 100 0 89 0 5493
Compass Domestic 3 305 0 295 0 39 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 106 0 761
Continental Domestic 48 2945 0 4978 2234 0 0 90 9758 991 73 749 0 5546 0 27412
Continental Atlantic 0 928 0 2960 1050 0 0 16 1770 180 23 120 0 890 0 7937
Continental Latin 0 506 0 718 387 0 0 14 1562 159 12 121 0 894 0 4373
Continental Pacific 0 199 0 152 218 0 0 2 175 18 5 17 0 122 0 908
Continental Micronesia Pacific 0 0 0 299 99 0 0 6 333 41 0 48 0 374 0 1200
Delta Pacific 4 95 0 175 79 0 30 5 96 102 6 7 13 96 0 708
Delta Domestic 166 4114 0 7557 3393 0 1291 236 4124 4408 239 321 540 4132 0 30521
Delta Atlantic 63 1567 0 2879 1292 0 491 90 1571 1679 91 122 206 1574 0 11625
Delta Latin 25 615 0 1131 508 0 193 35 617 659 36 48 81 618 0 4566
Executive Domestic 72 152 0 160 134 0 170 0 190 0 0 0 0 22 0 900
Executive Latin 45 94 0 99 83 0 106 0 118 0 0 0 0 14 0 559
Express Jet Domestic 14 2486 0 1176 1097 0 57 78 1202 0 71 154 0 523 0 6858
Express Jet Latin 1 127 0 60 56 0 3 4 61 0 4 8 0 27 0 351
Federal Express Pacific 973 932 78 0 959 0 233 1390 0 864 142 440 1567 3049 7860 18488
Federal Express Domestic 736 2753 334 0 1836 0 350 352 0 11183 228 118 305 1402 68613 88210
Federal Express Atlantic 566 550 53 0 528 0 85 1207 0 1081 92 384 1389 2622 7141 15698
Federal Express Latin 100 90 6 0 94 0 9 67 0 1003 12 60 364 429 2055 4290
Florida West International 11 29 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 59
Florida West Domestic 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
Frontier Domestic 51 607 0 868 213 0 394 48 2103 23 114 98 0 162 0 4681
Frontier Latin 3 34 0 48 12 0 22 3 116 0 6 5 0 9 0 258
Go Jet Domestic 0 169 0 212 10 0 1 14 0 0 21 0 0 14 0 441
Gulf &Amp; Caribbean Domestic 2 31 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 47
Gulf &Amp; Caribbean Latin 1 14 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 23
Horizon Domestic 2 763 0 207 750 0 138 346 1305 33 57 89 8 0 0 3698
Jet Blue Latin 0 63 0 69 16 0 7 5 139 0 0 14 1 38 0 352
Jet Blue Domestic 35 1731 0 1911 455 0 70 127 3835 17 184 384 41 1035 0 9825
Kalitta Air International 16 217 76 0 311 0 103 54 0 34 23 82 0 19 0 935
Kalitta Air Domestic 0 4 2 0 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 18
Lynden Air Cargo Domestic 7 50 27 0 28 20 0 0 0 0 0 27 3 0 0 162
Mesa Domestic 25 1153 0 834 504 0 12 99 7 0 61 132 0 113 3 2940
Mesaba Domestic 9 953 0 643 381 0 660 60 619 0 222 103 0 144 0 3794
Miami Air Domestic 6 44 0 51 19 0 4 4 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 135
Miami Air Latin 8 85 0 74 25 0 5 8 9 2 29 0 0 0 0 245
Midwest Express Domestic 60 401 0 441 213 0 31 0 833 24 27 92 30 173 0 2325
Northern Air Cargo Domestic 10 21 6 0 38 93 0 0 0 0 7 21 4 25 3 227
Northwest Domestic 24 2669 0 4214 165 0 6626 193 1681 291 204 1286 115 1327 0 18795
Northwest Atlantic 7 628 0 1300 47 0 753 49 205 213 37 375 48 368 0 4030
Northwest Pacific 11 1048 0 1784 54 0 958 41 436 303 68 685 81 668 162 6299
Omni Domestic 1 26 0 64 22 0 7 1 0 0 2 4 0 6 0 133
Omni International 9 183 0 452 152 0 47 9 0 0 14 25 2 44 0 937
Pace Domestic 8 34 0 71 270 25 0 0 0 0 6 16 0 0 0 430
Pinnacle Domestic 8 1253 0 0 483 0 1621 0 0 0 36 87 0 64 0 3552
Polar Air Cargo Latin 0 18 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 10 0 0 37
Polar Air Cargo Pacific 3 147 7 0 2 0 0 8 0 52 1 4 77 0 0 300
Polar Air Cargo Atlantic 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 7 0 0 26
Polar Air Cargo Domestic 0 21 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 1 11 0 0 43
Psa Domestic 5 457 0 300 128 0 33 17 4 0 32 45 0 111 0 1132
Republic Domestic 19 644 0 638 174 50 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1529
Ryan International 38 144 49 219 58 52 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 569
Ryan Domestic 7 26 9 40 11 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 106
Shuttle America Domestic 10 314 0 325 83 20 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 754
Sky West Domestic 13 2671 0 748 1048 0 2510 104 1588 13 90 24 0 177 0 8986
Southern International 24 280 0 0 149 0 0 40 0 30 0 8 0 13 0 544
Southwest Domestic 1937 5588 0 7692 1701 0 6106 299 8408 415 82 737 42 1673 0 34680
Spirit Domestic 351 507 0 818 70 0 0 0 587 0 0 13 0 0 0 2345
Spirit Latin 1 19 0 41 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 65
Sun Country Domestic 29 129 0 218 40 0 143 20 14 0 0 10 44 13 0 660
Sun Country Latin 5 24 0 40 7 0 26 4 2 0 0 2 8 2 0 120
Swift Air Domestic 1 41 0 30 17 11 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 14 0 121
Tatonduk Domestic 18 37 21 1 106 65 0 0 0 0 0 31 1 22 0 302
Tradewinds Domestic 9 41 22 0 30 14 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 14 0 141
United Latin 1 151 0 244 73 0 10 3 475 0 2 29 27 0 0 1015
United Pacific 4 381 0 753 150 0 20 7 917 0 4 63 79 2 0 2380
United Atlantic 2 322 0 699 46 0 6 5 599 0 3 55 69 2 0 1808
United Domestic 44 5483 0 11518 6221 0 8449 157 19475 0 98 1603 270 615 0 46333
United Parcel Service Domestic 0 1798 5 0 1183 0 129 66 0 0 102 418 17 76 0 3794
United Parcel Service Atlantic 0 317 1 0 209 0 23 12 0 0 18 74 3 13 0 670
United Parcel Service Latin 0 149 0 0 98 0 11 5 0 0 9 35 1 6 0 314
United Parcel Service Pacific 0 616 2 0 406 0 44 23 0 0 35 144 6 26 0 1302
USA 3000 Domestic 26 47 0 125 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 228
USA 3000 International 37 64 0 172 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 316
USA Jet Domestic 10 11 0 33 52 0 0 5 0 2 7 2 0 37 28 187
USAirways Atlantic 14 282 0 472 228 0 434 11 362 14 5 147 93 113 0 2175
USAirways Latin 13 262 0 439 211 0 403 11 336 12 4 137 87 105 0 2019
USAirways Domestic 185 3690 0 6188 2982 0 5685 147 4740 176 60 1926 1224 1486 0 28489
Virgin America Domestic 37 217 0 522 19 26 0 0 0 0 12 16 0 131 0 980
World International 84 493 0 489 111 0 45 58 0 0 9 128 1 0 0 1418
World Domestic 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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