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 First Quarter 2007 Performance

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

2007 Rank	Network	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Change 2002-2007
1	United	189	185	153	127	127	124	-65
2	American	159	172	120	110	113	117	-42
3	Continental	110	127	118	115	96	99	-11
4	Delta	119	136	130	101	103	90	-29
5	Northwest	144	161	140	132	99	86	-58
6	Alaska	75	84	83	76	70	78	3
7	US Airways	128	111	109	71	74	71	-57
	7-Carrier Average	141	150	127	108	104	100	-41

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.