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Table 14: Full-Time Equivalent Employees* per Aircraft
Network Carriers
Ranked by First Quarter 2007 Performance

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2007 Rank Network 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Change
2002-2007
1 United 145 124 111 120 116 113 -32
2 American 117 122 111 107 106 108 -11
3 Delta 107 110 105 102 101 102 -5
4 Continental 104 106 100 96 96 99 -5
5 US Airways 104 99 97 79 86 85 -19
6 Alaska 97 99 91 84 83 81 -16
7 Northwest 100 97 89 89 82 78 -22
  7-Carrier Average 114 112 103 100 100 99 -15

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.