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

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

Dataset Table:

Rank Airline 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Percent Change
2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 - 2017 2016 - 2017
1 Envoy 11,099 11,661 10,692 10,887 12,316 11.0 13.1
2 SkyWest 9,595 9,774 10,314 10,746 12,156 26.7 13.1
3 YX/S5/RP Combined# 5,757 5,873 5,596 5,008 5,625 -2.3 12.3
Republic 2,633 3,066 3,097 3,959 5,625 N/A N/A
Shuttle America 1,988 1,991 2,499 1,049 N/A N/A N/A
Chautauqua 1,136 816 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
4 ExpressJet 9,085 8,800 7,483 6,399 4,528 -50.2 -29.2
5 Endeavor 3,987 3,550 3,293 3,765 4,155 4.2 10.4
6 Horizon 2,724 2,855 3,231 3,291 3,607 32.4 9.6
7 PSA 1,102 1,719 2,394 2,736 3,314 200.7 21.1
8 Mesa 1,770 2,182 2,769 3,075 3,168 79.0 3.0
9 Compass 1,142 1,199 1,653 1,939 1,756 53.8 -9.4
10 Air Wisconsin 2,468 1,895 1,860 1,479 1,414 -42.7 -4.4
11 GoJet 1,122 1,097 1,237 1,300 1,307 16.5 0.5
Total 49,851 50,605 50,522 50,625 53,346 7.0 5.4

Notes:

* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time 
# 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