BTS | Table 12: Average Full-Time Equivalent Employees* per Aircraft - Low-Cost

Table 12: Average Full-Time Equivalent Employees* per Aircraft
Low-Cost
Ranked by First Quarter 2006 Performance

1Q 2006 Rank	Low-Cost Carriers	1Q 2001	1Q 2002	1Q 2003	1Q 2004	1Q 2005	1Q 2006	Change 1Q 2001-1Q 2006
1	ATA	164	127	108	104	105	124	−40
2	Frontier	90	86	78	98	91	96	6
3	JetBlue	127	98	102	96	97	95	−32
4	America West	92	79	80	82	85	83	−9
5	Southwest	85	90	89	81	74	70	−15
6	AirTran	80	73	75	73	67	64	−16
7	Spirit	67	78	80	77	72	62	−5
	7-Carrier Average	92	89	88	84	80	77	−15

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Form 41 Airline Financial Data and T-100 Market Data.

* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two art-time employees as one full-time employee.