Network Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, November 2012-2016
(FTEs for November of each year. Ranked by November 2016 FTEs) FTE numbers in thousands (000’s)
Dataset Table:
| Rank | Airline | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Percent Change 2012-2016 | Percent Change 2015-2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AA/US Combined | 91.8 | 91.0 | 92.3 | 97.4 | 99.4 | 8.3 | 2.1 |
| American** | 61.5 | 59.5 | 60.6 | 97.4 | 99.4 | N/A | 2.1 | |
| US Airways** | 30.4 | 31.5 | 31.7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 2 | United | 82.4 | 81.9 | 78.9 | 78.8 | 82.0 | -0.4 | 4.0 |
| 3 | Delta | 72.7 | 73.6 | 75.5 | 79.1 | 79.3 | 9.1 | 0.3 |
| 4 | Alaska | 9.2 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 25.4 | 5.6 |
| Total | 256.1 | 255.9 | 256.8 | 266.3 | 272.3 | 6.3 | 2.3 | |
Notes:
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
** American Airlines and US Airways merged and began reporting combined numbers in July 2015.
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics