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Table 15: Regional Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, July 2013 - 2017

(FTEs for July of each year. Ranked by July 2017 FTEs)

Dataset Table:

Rank Airline 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Percent Change
2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 - 2017 2016 - 2017
1 Envoy 11,124 10,996 9,692 10,798 11,759 5.7 8.9
2 SkyWest 9,410 9,881 10,042 10,828 11,624 23.5 7.4
3 ExpressJet 9,020 9,267 7,827 6,703 5,440 -39.7 -18.8
4 YX/S5/RP Combined# 5,661 5,853 5,914 5,260 5,564 -1.7 5.8
Republic 2,413 2,942 3,149 3,542 5,564 130.6 57.1
Shuttle America 2,065 2,056 2,765 1,718 N/A N/A N/A
Chautauqua 1,183 855 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
5 Endeavor 4,094 3,785 3,247 3,631 3,946 -3.6 8.7
6 Horizon 2,660 2,846 3,112 3,309 3,442 29.4 4.0
7 Mesa 1,718 2,115 2,600 3,006 3,084 79.5 2.6
8 PSA 1,062 1,501 2,281 2,620 3,057 187.9 16.7
9 Compass 1,090 1,250 1,616 1,881 1,774 62.8 -5.7
10 GoJet 1,076 1,103 1,195 1,327 1,378 28.1 3.8
11 Air Wisconsin 2,472 2,510 1,877 1,658 1,340 -45.8 -19.2
Total 49,387 51,107 49,403 51,021 52,408 6.1 2.7

Notes:

* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
# Effective the end of December 2016, Republic and Shuttle America combined operations and Shuttle America ceased operating. Effective the end of December 2014, Shuttle America and Chautauqua Airlines combined operations and Chautauqua ceased operating.
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