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

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

Dataset Table:

Rank Airline Percent Change
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013 - 2017 2016 - 2017
1 Envoy 11,144 11,035 10,638 10,881 12,165 9.2 11.8
2 SkyWest 9,538 9,484 10,186 10,586 11,981 25.6 13.2
3 YX/S5/RP Combined# 5,780 5,850 5,642 5,091 5,691 -1.5 11.8
Republic 2,600 3,043 3,103 3,997 5,691 N/A N/A
Shuttle America 2,013 1,976 2,539 1,094 N/A N/A N/A
Chautauqua 1,167 831 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
4 ExpressJet 9,086 8,945 7,615 6,482 4,716 -48.1 -27.2
5 Endeavor 4,052 3,609 3,275 3,714 4,064 0.3 9.4
6 Horizon 2,719 2,834 3,235 3,284 3,609 32.7 9.9
7 PSA 1,097 1,636 2,356 2,709 3,219 193.4 18.8
8 Mesa 1,770 2,142 2,740 3,100 3,103 75.3 0.1
9 Compass 1,153 1,174 1,682 1,938 1,757 52.4 -9.3
10 Air Wisconsin 2,455 1,966 1,862 1,513 1,620 -34.0 7.1
11 GoJet 1,096 1,114 1,255 1,339 1,330 21.4 -0.7
Total 49,890 49,789 50,486 50,637 53,255 6.7 5.2

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