Regional Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, November 2012-2016

(FTEs for November of each year. Ranked by November 2016 FTEs)

Dataset Table:

Rank	Airline	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Percent Change 2012-2016	Percent Change 2015-2016
1	Envoy	10,616	11,099	11,661	10,692	10,887	2.6	1.8
2	SkyWest	9,283	9,595	9,774	10,314	10,746	15.8	4.2
3	ExpressJet	8,824	9,085	8,800	7,483	6,399	-27.5	-14.5
4	Republic	2,115	2,633	3,066	3,097	3,959	87.2	27.8
5	Endeavor	4,750	3,987	3,550	3,293	3,765	-20.7	14.3
6	Horizon	2,703	2,724	2,855	3,231	3,291	21.8	1.9
7	Mesa	1,575	1,770	2,182	2,769	3,075	95.2	11.1
8	PSA	1,090	1,102	1,719	2,394	2,736	151.0	14.3
9	Compass	1,099	1,142	1,199	1,653	1,939	76.4	17.3
10	Air Wisconsin	2,565	2,468	1,895	1,860	1,479	-42.3	-20.5
11	GoJet	1,051	1,122	1,097	1,237	1,300	23.7	5.1
12	S5/RP Combined	3,164	3,124	2,807	2,499	1,049	-66.8	-58.0
	Shuttle America#	1,857	1,988	1,991	2,499	1,049	N/A	-58.0
	Chautauqua#	1,307	1,136	816	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
13	Executive##	1,267	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Total	50,102	49,851	50,605	50,522	50,625	1.0	0.2

Notes:

Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
# Effective July 2012 Chautauqua Airlines began reporting employment data. Chautauqua did not qualify for monthly reporting prior to July 2012 because it did not operate aircraft with more than 60 seats. Effective the end of December 2014, Shuttle America and Chautauqua combined operations and Chautauqua ceased operating.
## Effective the end of March 2013, Executive Airlines ceased operations.
N/A: Carriers did not meet the standard for filing, was no longer operating, merged with another operating carrier or failed to file. See previous notes.

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

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Regional Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, November 2012-2016