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Table 9: Network Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, December 2012-2016

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

Dataset Table:

Rank Airline 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Percent Change
2012-2016 2015-2016
1 AA/US Combined 89,884 90,922 92,477 97,285 99,508 10.7 2.3
American** 59,574 59,458 60,714 97,285 99,508 N/A 2.3
US Airways** 30,310 31,464 31,763 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2 United 82,383 81,368 78,835 78,858 82,132 -0.3 4.2
3 Delta 72,529 73,356 75,737 79,072 79,447 9.5 0.5
4 Alaska 9,269 9,509 10,202 10,921 11,527 24.4 5.5
Total 254,065 255,155 257,251 266,136 272,614 7.3 2.4

Notes:

* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee
** American Airlines and US Airways merged and began reporting combined numbers in July 2015.
 

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics