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Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-Time Equivalent Employees, Month of May, 1990-2016

Thursday, July 21, 2016

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  May FTEs in thousands (000)
1990 458.6
1991 444.2
1992 450.7
1993 445.5
1994 435.8
1995 431.1
1996 443.5
1997 447.5
1998 469.6
1999 493.1
2000 519.3
2001 544.4
2002 473.0
2003 446.7
2004 440.2
2005 424.6
2006 403.5
2007 412.3
2008 415.5
2009 387.4
2010 377.0
2011 385.0
2012 388.3
2013 381.4
2014 385.6
2015 395.6
2016 410.3

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Note: FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.