Table 14: Average Revenue Aircraft Minutes per Full-Time Equivalent Employee*,,,,,,,,
Low-Cost,,,,,,,,
Ranked by 2005 Performance,,,,,,,,
(Revenue Aircraft Minutes per FTE employee),,,,,,,,
2005 Rank ,Low-Cost Airlines,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,"Change in minutes
2000-2005"
1,AirTran,203,191,204,209,221,251,48
2,Southwest,195,195,189,196,219,241,46
3,JetBlue,148,182,190,204,221,219,71
4,Frontier,191,184,206,190,196,207,16
5,America West,182,175,187,199,208,204,22
6,Spirit,166,162,176,176,194,195,29
7,ATA,85,82,108,144,167,154,69
,7-Carrier Average,177,175,181,191,210,224,47
"Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Form 41 Airline Financial Data and T-100 Segment Data",,,,,,,,
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.,,,,,,,,