BTS | Table 29: Average Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation per Originating Passenger - Network Carriers

Table 29: Average Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation per Originating Passenger
Network Carriers
Ranked by Third Quarter 2006 Performance

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

3Q 2006 Rank	Network	3Q 2001	3Q 2002	3Q 2003	3Q 2004	3Q 2005	3Q 2006	Change 3Q 2001-3Q 2006
1	Continental	99	101	102	98	86	90	-9
2	American	139	120	109	94	85	88	-51
3	United	168	136	102	95	77	85	-83
4	Delta	98	93	101	94	70	72	-26
5	Northwest	118	105	107	94	96	67	-51
6	US Airways	97	75	70	73	43	58	-39
7	Alaska	60	62	64	68	49	55	-5
	7-Carrier Average	119	106	98	91	76	78	-41

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Form 41 Airline Financial Data

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