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Table 15: Regional Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, September 2012-2016

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

Dataset Table:

Rank 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Percent Change
2012-2016 2015-2016
1 Envoy 10,082 11,160 10,972 9,714 10,889 8.0 12.1
2 SkyWest 9,166 9,452 9,830 10,049 10,581 15.4 5.3
3 ExpressJet 9,091 9,037 9,092 7,655 6,567 -27.8 -14.2
4 Republic 2,012 2,546 3,009 3,066 3,717 84.7 21.2
5 Endeavor 4,290 4,036 3,666 3,251 3,695 -13.9 13.7
6 Horizon 2,727 2,689 2,829 3,179 3,273 20.0 3.0
7 Mesa 1,650 1,712 2,117 2,697 3,100 87.9 14.9
8 PSA 1,073 1,075 1,574 2,295 2,660 147.9 15.9
9 Compass 1,115 1,093 1,161 1,607 1,909 71.2 18.8
10 Air Wisconsin 2,535 2,462 2,401 1,882 1,528 -39.7 -18.8
11 S5/RP Combined 3,141 3,179 2,826 2,642 1,405 -55.3 -46.8
Shuttle America# 1,857 2,023 2,005 2,642 1,405 N/A -46.8
Chautauqua# 1,284 1,156 821 N/A N/A N/A N/A
12 GoJet 1,029 1,105 1,097 1,194 1,339 30.1 12.1
13 Executive## 1,331 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
14 Colgan### 350 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
15 Comair#### 1,493 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total 51,085 49,546 50,574 49,231 50,663 -0.8 2.9

Notes:

Percent changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

* 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 September 2012, Colgan 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.

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics