TABLE 15: REGIONAL AIRLINE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES*, OCTOBER 2012-2016

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

Dataset Table:

Rank		2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Percent Change
							2012-2016	2015-2016
1	Envoy	10,441	11,144	11,035	10,638	10,881	4.2	2.3
2	SkyWest	9,227	9,538	9,484	10,186	10,586	14.7	3.9
3	ExpressJet	8,935	9,086	8,945	7,615	6,482	-27.5	-14.9
4	Republic	2,057	2,600	3,043	3,103	3,997	94.3	28.8
5	Endeavor	4,750	4,052	3,609	3,275	3,714	-21.8	13.4
6	Horizon	2,732	2,719	2,834	3,235	3,284	20.2	1.5
7	Mesa	1,643	1,770	2,142	2,740	3,100	88.7	13.1
8	PSA	1,089	1,097	1,636	2,356	2,709	148.8	15.0
9	Compass	1,135	1,153	1,174	1,682	1,938	70.7	15.2
10	Air Wisconsin	2,544	2,455	1,966	1,862	1,513	-40.5	-18.7
11	S5/RP Combined	3,212	3,180	2,807	2,539	1,094	-65.9	-56.9
	Shuttle America#	1,890	2,013	1,976	2,539	1,094	N/A	-56.9
	Chautauqua#	1,322	1,167	831	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
12	GoJet	1,036	1,096	1,114	1,255	1,339	29.2	6.7
13	Executive##	1,330	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
14	Comair###	114	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Total	50,245	49,890	49,789	50,486	50,637	0.8	0.3

Notes:

* 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.

^### Effective the end of October 2012, Comair 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.

Note: Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistic

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TABLE 15: REGIONAL AIRLINE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES*, OCTOBER 2012-2016