BTS | Table 28: Average Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation per Originating Passenger - Passenger Airlines by Group

Table 28: Average Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation per Originating Passenger
Passenger Airlines by Group
Ranked by Third Quarter 2006 Performance

(FTE Compensation (Salary + Benefits) in Dollars per Originating Passenger)

3Q 2006 Rank		3Q 2001	3Q 2002	3Q 2003	3Q 2004	3Q 2005	3Q 2006	Change 3Q 2001-3Q 2006
1	Network	119	106	98	91	76	78	-41
2	Low-Cost	36	37	37	36	36	38	2
	14-Carrier Average	98	88	80	74	63	64	-34
	Group Dollar Difference	83	69	61	55	40	40	-43

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Form 41 Airline Financial Data and DB1B Origin & Destination Data

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