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Employees at U.S. Scheduled Passenger Airlines Month of December, 1990-2020

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Line chart representing the table data below

Dataset Table:

December FTEs in thousands (000)
1990 464.1
1991 440.4
1992 441.0
1993 438.0
1994 423.3
1995 433.8
1996 446.4
1997 455.5
1998 481.1
1999 508.1
2000 531.9
2001 467.0
2002 462.6
2003 431.1
2004 436.9
2005 408.9
2006 404.2
2007 417.3
2008 391.8
2009 379.7
2010 380.4
2011 386.9
2012 379.7
2013 380.8
2014 386.2
2015 401.4
2016 416.3
2017 430.6
2018 442.0
2019 455.6
2020 379.3