BTS | Table 14: Average Revenue Aircraft Minutes per Full-Time Equivalent Employee

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.