Table 15: Regional Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, December 2012-2016
(FTEs for December of each year. Ranked by December 2016 FTEs)
Dataset Table:
| Rank | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Percent Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-2016 | 2015-2016 | |||||||
| 1 | Envoy | 10,754 | 11,030 | 10,841 | 10,700 | 10,930 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| 2 | SkyWest | 9,300 | 9,696 | 9,642 | 10,411 | 10,866 | 16.8 | 4.4 |
| 3 | ExpressJet | 8,779 | 9,054 | 8,671 | 7,394 | 6,278 | -28.5 | -15.1 |
| 4 | Republic | 2,137 | 2,647 | 3,122 | 3,124 | 3,960 | 85.3 | 26.8 |
| 5 | Endeavor | 4,732 | 3,920 | 3,447 | 3,292 | 3,768 | -20.4 | 14.5 |
| 6 | Horizon | 2,694 | 2,731 | 2,895 | 3,214 | 3,295 | 22.3 | 2.5 |
| 7 | Mesa | 1,540 | 1,804 | 2,204 | 2,790 | 3,090 | 100.6 | 10.8 |
| 8 | PSA | 1,088 | 1,120 | 1,799 | 2,454 | 2,772 | 154.8 | 13.0 |
| 9 | Compass | 1,199 | 1,279 | 1,466 | 1,653 | 1,899 | 58.4 | 14.9 |
| 10 | Air Wisconsin | 2,525 | 2,467 | 1,893 | 1,834 | 1,437 | -43.1 | -21.6 |
| 11 | GoJet | 1,221 | 1,332 | 1,342 | 1,237 | 1,297 | 6.2 | 4.9 |
| 12 | S5/RP Combined | 3,192 | 3,111 | 2,761 | 2,418 | 1,024 | -67.9 | -57.7 |
| Shuttle America# | 1,876 | 1,982 | 2,715 | 2,418 | 1,024 | N/A | -57.7 | |
| Chautauqua# | 1,316 | 1,129 | 46 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 13 | Executive## | 1,264 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total | 50,425 | 50,191 | 50,083 | 50,521 | 50,616 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
Notes:
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
# Effective the end of December 2014, Shuttle America and Chautauqua Airlines 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