BTS | Table 10: Average Full-Time Equivalent Employees* per Aircraft - Passenger Airlines by Group - Ranked by Second Quarter 2006 Performance

Table 10: Average Full-Time Equivalent Employees* per Aircraft
Passenger Airlines by Group
Ranked by Second Quarter 2006 Performance

2Q 2006 Rank		2Q 2001	2Q 2002	2Q 2003	2Q 2004	2Q 2005	2Q 2006	Change 2Q 2001-2Q 2006
1	Network Airlines	129	117	108	105	100	102	-27
2	Low-Cost Airlines	92	92	89	84	80	77	-15
	14-Carrier Average	123	113	104	101	95	96	-27
	Group FTE Difference	37	25	19	21	20	25	-12

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.