BTS | Table 30: Average Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation per Originating Passenger - Low-Cost Carriers

Table 30: Average Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation per Originating Passenger
Low-Cost Carriers
Ranked by First Quarter 2007 Performance

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

2007 Rank	Low-Cost	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Change 2002-2007
1	ATA	58	61	61	80	143	129	71
2	America West	52	54	53	53	57	63	11
3	Southwest	33	36	38	42	39	40	7
4	Frontier	45	44	41	47	39	39	-6
5	JetBlue	35	36	36	35	37	39	4
6	AirTran	33	32	32	32	31	29	-4
7	Spirit	32	35	32	31	33	26	-6
	7-Carrier Average	38	40	41	43	41	41	3

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.