Employee Data and Analysis
Alaska Airlines
  1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Traffic Indicies  
Stage Length in Miles (for SLA purposes)                729               730               729               752               766               789               797               829               866               886               898               919               926
Seats Per Departure (for SDA purposes)               132               132               133               133               133               131               131               132               134               135               138               140               144
Price Per Gallon of Fuel  $          0.57  $          0.67  $          0.64  $          0.46  $          0.59  $          0.93  $          0.71  $          0.70  $          0.81  $          1.22  $          1.68  $          2.03  $          2.20
Airborne Hours / Block Hours 86% 86% 86% 86% 86% 86% 86% 86% 87% 87% 80% 86% 86%
Outsourcing Indicies  
Maintenance $'s Outsourced 57.0% 55.6% 55.6% 54.3% 61.6% 62.7% 54.7% 58.9% 56.9% 58.0% 76.6% 56.6% 57.0%
Other Outsourcing as % of  Total Exp. (ex-Fuel) 9.1% 9.2% 9.3% 9.4% 9.6% 9.9% 9.8% 10.6% 9.9% 10.0% 12.4% 11.6% 24.7%
Transport Related Expense (000)  $      20,594  $        9,325  $        9,545  $      14,955  $      14,759  $      10,875  $      12,204  $        9,261  $      11,003  $      25,177  $      21,507  $      21,833  $      21,239
Productivity Measures (unadjusted)  
Block Hours Per Employee Per Month
Pilots & Co-Pilots (note: Includes Flight Engineers where applicable)              53.9              52.1              49.4              33.4              32.3              48.3              46.5              49.4              51.1              50.4              58.2              54.3              54.4
Flight Attendants (note: Avg Crew = 1 FA per 50 seats)              47.0              36.3              47.4            148.9            144.0              44.9              44.1              45.6              45.4              42.3              48.6              44.7              44.9
Maintenance              56.1            989.1              57.5         1,147.2         1,097.4              53.2              48.5              52.8              57.4              38.3            194.8            244.4              53.9
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling               7.5               7.2               6.7               6.9               6.7               6.6               6.6               6.8               7.6               9.1              10.0               9.4              10.6
Other              21.7              22.2              22.1              22.5              22.5              21.5              21.4              22.6              23.3              30.5              23.9              25.0              23.1
Total               3.4               3.4               3.2               3.3               3.2               3.1               3.1               3.2               3.4               3.7               4.2               4.0               3.9
ASMs Per Employee (000)
Pilots & Co-Pilots       15,566.3       15,084.8       14,372.6         6,170.0         5,962.4       13,974.8       13,321.6       14,564.1       15,520.0       15,469.0       16,750.7       17,030.5       17,482.8
Flight Attendants       10,277.7         7,965.7       10,387.7       32,762.3       31,661.8         9,905.5         9,648.6       10,160.5       10,295.7         9,634.7       10,120.4       10,030.4       10,047.2
Maintenance       32,366.3      573,223.9       33,411.5      672,282.4      642,617.3       30,809.3       27,822.2       31,168.6       34,810.2       23,546.9      112,036.3      153,162.3       34,640.4
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling         4,335.0         4,168.9         3,870.6         4,053.8         3,914.0         3,807.1         3,757.9         4,038.3         4,615.2         5,564.7         5,765.5         5,867.1         6,826.5
Other       12,520.4       12,848.1       12,842.0       13,161.4       13,194.4       12,421.0       12,272.3       13,358.0       14,116.7       18,718.8       13,754.0       15,645.6       14,882.4
Total         1,981.6         1,949.0         1,874.0         1,929.6         1,863.7         1,816.7         1,771.4         1,908.5         2,083.8         2,250.0         2,405.4         2,501.4         2,501.4
Employees Per Aircraft
Pilots & Co-Pilots (Crews)               6.1               6.7               7.1              10.5              10.6               6.8               4.3               6.5               6.3               6.7               6.1               6.2               6.1
Flight Attendants (Crews)               7.0               9.5               7.4               2.4               2.4               7.3               4.5               7.1               7.1               7.9               7.3               7.5               7.4
Maintenance (Inhouse)               5.9               0.4               6.1               0.3               0.3               6.2               4.1               6.1               5.6               8.8               1.8               1.4               6.2
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling (Inhouse)              43.8              48.1              52.5              50.7              51.3              49.9              30.3              47.1              42.2              37.1              35.3              35.7              31.3
Other (Inhouse)              15.1              15.6              15.8              15.6              15.2              15.3               9.3              14.2              13.8              11.0              14.8              13.4              14.4
Total              95.7            103.0            108.4            106.4            107.7            104.6              64.2              99.6              93.5              91.8              84.6              83.8              85.5
Passengers Per Employee
Pilots & Co-Pilots          11,367          11,948          11,437            4,793            4,680          10,916          10,162          10,650          11,180          11,316          12,591          12,556          12,678
Flight Attendants            7,505            6,309            8,266          25,450          24,854            7,737            7,360            7,430            7,417            7,048            7,607            7,395            7,286
Maintenance          23,634        454,036          26,587        522,238        504,436          24,065          21,223          22,791          25,075          17,225          84,216        112,924          25,120
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling            3,166            3,302            3,080            3,149            3,072            2,974            2,866            2,953            3,325            4,071            4,334            4,326            4,950
Other            9,143          10,177          10,219          10,224          10,357            9,702            9,361            9,768          10,169          13,693          10,339          11,535          10,792
Total            1,447            1,544            1,491            1,499            1,463            1,419            1,351            1,396            1,501            1,646            1,808            1,844            1,814
Productivity Measures Revenue  
Passenger Revenue Per Employee (000)
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $     1,074.5  $     1,119.3  $     1,169.8  $        503.5  $        508.6  $     1,272.9  $     1,163.4  $     1,222.2  $     1,330.8  $     1,361.9  $     1,591.1  $     1,737.5  $     1,791.0
Flight Attendants  $        709.4  $        591.1  $        845.4  $     2,673.5  $     2,700.6  $        902.3  $        842.6  $        852.6  $        882.8  $        848.2  $        961.3  $     1,023.4  $     1,029.3
Maintenance  $     2,234.1  $    42,534.0  $     2,719.3  $    54,859.6  $    54,812.4  $     2,806.3  $     2,429.7  $     2,615.6  $     2,984.9  $     2,073.0  $    10,642.1  $    15,626.4  $     3,548.7
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling  $        299.2  $        309.3  $        315.0  $        330.8  $        333.8  $        346.8  $        328.2  $        338.9  $        395.7  $        489.9  $        547.7  $        598.6  $        699.3
Other  $        864.2  $        953.3  $     1,045.2  $     1,074.0  $     1,125.4  $     1,131.4  $     1,071.7  $     1,121.0  $     1,210.5  $     1,648.0  $     1,306.5  $     1,596.2  $     1,524.6
Total  $        136.8  $        144.6  $        152.5  $        157.5  $        159.0  $        165.5  $        154.7  $        160.2  $        178.7  $        198.1  $        228.5  $        255.2  $        256.3
Salary and Benefits  
Average Salary
Management and All Other  $      34,904  $      37,013  $      47,448  $      41,999  $      51,255  $      55,377  $      63,949  $      68,064  $      65,779  $      87,580  $      65,052  $      83,983  $      76,943
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $     104,893  $     106,838  $     114,791  $      52,344  $      52,773  $     132,140  $     141,808  $     151,734  $     163,211  $     160,974  $     145,953  $     129,620  $     130,022
Flight Attendants  $      29,671  $      22,959  $      29,641  $      82,012  $      83,422  $      32,153  $      29,627  $      30,603  $      30,794  $      28,671  $      30,032  $      31,884  $      33,149
Maintenance  $      28,916  $     589,692  $      38,690  $     761,800  $     705,741  $      38,320  $      45,419  $      47,098  $      52,479  $      33,082  $      48,241  $     373,816  $      77,378
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling  $      27,642  $      27,874  $      26,876  $      27,264  $      25,827  $      29,529  $      29,279  $      30,180  $      32,218  $      39,848  $      35,871  $      23,152  $      30,692
Total  $      39,118  $      40,203  $      42,565  $      42,643  $      43,138  $      47,711  $      50,478  $      52,804  $      55,831  $      59,991  $      55,810  $      56,492  $      56,718
Other Compensation Per Employee (All Employees)
Benefits, Pensions and Payroll Taxes
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $      16,725  $      17,997  $      18,213  $      10,191  $      11,284  $      26,515  $      27,178  $      38,640  $      56,021  $      53,862  $      56,671  $      55,808  $      58,006
All Others  $        4,875  $        5,525  $        5,694  $        9,973  $      10,808  $        7,563  $        8,495  $      10,740  $      13,718  $      14,647  $      14,771  $      16,514  $      12,964
Total  $        6,383  $        7,137  $        7,327  $      10,041  $      10,956  $      10,027  $      10,979  $      14,396  $      19,397  $      20,351  $      20,788  $      22,286  $      19,408
Personnel
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $        7,410  $        7,029  $      10,128  $        3,380  $        2,404  $        5,369  $        5,630  $        5,742  $        5,818  $        5,564  $        6,096  $        6,255  $        6,932
Flight Attendents  $        9,413  $        7,796  $        8,898  $      35,587  $      31,245  $      11,787  $      10,181  $        8,739  $        8,206  $        7,970  $        9,710  $        9,917  $      10,181
Payroll Taxes
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $        6,196  $        5,604  $        6,234  $        2,653  $        2,713  $        7,136  $        7,378  $        8,339  $        8,723  $        8,460  $        8,784  $        7,340  $        7,790
All Others  $        2,627  $        2,708  $        2,656  $        3,295  $        3,329  $        2,966  $        3,108  $        3,168  $        3,318  $        3,711  $        3,562  $        4,067  $        3,922
Raw Data  
Number of Months 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Number of Days 365 366 365 365 365 366 365 365 365 366 365 365 365
P10- Employee Count Data  
Sum of General Management                23                27                25                25                27                32                41                45                44                  9                48                11                12
Sum of Pilots and Co-Pilots               892               988            1,074            1,130            1,207            1,239            1,345            1,329            1,348            1,440            1,331            1,367            1,385
Sum of Other Flight Personnel                 -                   -                   -              1,594            1,703                 -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -  
Sum of Passenger and General Services            1,351            1,871            1,486               513               548            1,748            1,857            1,905            2,032            2,312            2,203            2,321            2,410
Sum of Maintenance               429                26               462                25                27               562               644               621               601               946               199               152               699
Sum of AC Handling 1                 -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -  
Sum of Aircraft Handling               574               557               603               614               657               669               801               822               812               677               624               618                68
Sum of Aircraft Control                49                49                50                58                62                64               187               182               172                96               147               136               141
Sum of Passenger Handling            1,803            2,124            2,387            2,454            2,623            2,697            2,627            2,638            2,472            2,858            2,322            2,361            2,452
Sum of Cargo Handling               777               845               948            1,020            1,091            1,118            1,153            1,151            1,077               372               774               853               886
Sum of Trainees and Instructors                40                42                53                51                  5                56               149               154               166               117               149               194               201
Sum of Stats               431               463               472               498               532               543               437               427               447               365               334               357               371
Sum of Traffic Solicitors                45                44                43                50                53                55                80                74                75                26                68               120               125
Sum of Other               501               515               534               576               616               628               705               724               737               682            1,070               817               930
Sum of Transport Related                92                96               100               102               109               112                89                70                57                 -                   -                   -                   -  
Sum of Total            7,007            7,647            8,237            8,710            9,310            9,531          10,115          10,142          10,040            9,900            9,269            9,307            9,680
P6- Objective Grouping Operating Expense Data  
Sum of Salaries-General Management Personnel (000)  $        3,541  $        5,033  $        5,642  $        6,995  $      21,894  $      21,704  $      25,976  $      27,977  $      26,671  $      29,729  $      34,178  $      14,886  $        7,899
Sum of Salaries-Flight Personnel (000)  $     133,651  $     148,513  $     167,331  $     184,656  $     199,285  $     219,925  $     245,750  $     259,953  $     282,582  $     298,090  $     260,423  $     251,192  $     259,970
Sum of Salaries-Maintenance Labor (000)  $      12,405  $      15,332  $      17,875  $      19,045  $      19,055  $      21,536  $      29,250  $      29,248  $      31,540  $      31,296  $        9,600  $      56,820  $      54,087
Sum of Salaries-Aircraft And Traffic Handling Personnel (000)  $      88,536  $      99,650  $     107,183  $     113,036  $     114,489  $     134,300  $     139,600  $     144,654  $     146,046  $     159,512  $     138,712  $      91,867  $     108,864
Sum of Salaries-Other Personnel (000)  $      35,970  $      38,902  $      52,577  $      47,688  $      46,890  $      57,264  $      70,011  $      73,711  $      73,708  $      75,280  $      74,394  $     111,005  $     118,211
Sum of Salaries-Total (000)  $     274,103  $     307,430  $     350,608  $     371,420  $     401,613  $     454,729  $     510,587  $     535,543  $     560,547  $     593,907  $     517,307  $     525,770  $     549,031
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Personnel Expense (000)  $      19,327  $      21,532  $      24,101  $      27,462  $      24,118  $      27,256  $      26,478  $      24,279  $      24,517  $      26,439  $      29,505  $      31,567  $      34,137
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Employee Benefits And Pensions (000)  $      44,727  $      54,573  $      60,350  $      87,457  $     102,004  $      95,566  $     111,057  $     146,001  $     194,750  $     201,475  $     192,684  $     207,414  $     187,872
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Payroll Taxes (000)  $      21,589  $      23,571  $      25,722  $      26,949  $      29,201  $      33,437  $      37,182  $      39,005  $      40,598  $      43,582  $      39,963  $      42,324  $      43,326
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Total (000)  $      85,643  $      99,676  $     110,173  $     141,868  $     155,323  $     156,259  $     174,717  $     209,285  $     259,865  $     271,496  $     262,152  $     281,305  $     265,335
Sum of Total Salaries And Related Fringe Benefits (000)  $     359,746  $     407,106  $     460,781  $     513,288  $     556,936  $     610,988  $     685,304  $     744,828  $     820,412  $     865,403  $     779,459  $     807,075  $     814,366
Sum of Services Purchased-Advertising And Other Promotions (000)  $      15,235  $      16,986  $      13,117  $      20,369  $      23,042  $      61,769  $      38,428  $      20,331  $      21,047  $      46,096  $      38,705  $     239,547  $      18,236
Sum of Services Purchased-Communication (000)  $      10,390  $      12,691  $      13,375  $      11,157  $      11,813  $      13,036  $      12,326  $      11,997  $      10,376  $        9,755  $        9,263  $        9,577  $        9,685
Sum of Services Purchased-Insurance (000)  $        8,663  $        9,030  $        8,852  $        6,747  $        3,333  $        4,622  $      13,833  $      38,568  $      27,320  $      25,534  $      21,680  $      19,932  $      15,550
Sum of Services Purchased-Outside Flight Equipment Maintenance (000)  $      44,350  $      51,054  $      59,506  $      66,870  $      88,070  $     124,216  $     113,592  $     127,835  $     130,778  $     130,698  $     171,890  $     146,538  $     141,413
Sum of Services Purchased-Traffic Commissions -Passenger (000)  $      74,811  $      88,609  $     100,459  $      93,492  $      89,973  $      64,096  $      63,308  $      47,357  $      50,658  $      29,117  $      12,238  $      21,242  $      16,346
Sum of Services Purchased-Traffic Commissions-Cargo (000)  $           524  $             44  $           337  $           903  $        1,069  $           964  $           799  $           881  $        1,288  $        1,585  $        1,728  $        1,487  $        2,123
Sum of Services Purchased-Other Services (000)  $      86,525  $      95,953  $     107,282  $     116,902  $     128,957  $     147,553  $     155,982  $     178,587  $     175,650  $     184,945  $     228,553  $     240,249  $     535,402
Sum of Services Purchased-Total (000)  $     240,498  $     274,367  $     302,928  $     316,440  $     346,257  $     416,256  $     398,268  $     425,556  $     417,117  $     427,730  $     484,057  $     678,572  $     738,755
Sum of Transport Related Expense (000) 20594 9325 9545 14955 14759 10875 12204 9261 11003 25177 21507 21833 21239
Sum of Total Operating Expense (000)  $  1,090,454  $  1,225,930  $  1,324,356  $  1,386,311  $  1,518,904  $  1,772,242  $  1,827,846  $  1,913,172  $  2,037,996  $  2,279,675  $  2,423,907  $  2,796,132  $  2,946,532
T1 & T2- Traffic Data  
Sum of RPMs 8.58E+09 9.83E+09 1.04E+10 1.13E+10 1.18E+10 1.20E+10 1.22E+10 1.32E+10 1.46E+10 1.62E+10 1.69E+10 1.78E+10 1.85E+10
Sum of ASMs 1.39E+10 1.49E+10 1.54E+10 1.68E+10 1.74E+10 1.73E+10 1.79E+10 1.94E+10 2.09E+10 2.23E+10 2.23E+10 2.33E+10 2.42E+10
Sum of Miles 1.05E+08 1.13E+08 1.16E+08 1.26E+08 1.30E+08 1.32E+08 1.37E+08 1.46E+08 1.56E+08 1.65E+08 1.61E+08 1.67E+08 1.69E+08
Sum of Depts        144,396        154,450        159,782        167,775        170,208        167,186        171,411        176,349        180,692        186,303        179,820        181,330        182,124
Sum of Airborne Hours        249,074        265,099        274,238        295,587        305,586        309,060        320,959        340,169        359,697        378,731        371,029        383,986        388,270
Sum of Block Hours        288,590        308,598        318,598        344,171        355,564        358,893        375,069        393,645        413,614        435,267        465,102        445,724        451,886
Sum of AC Days          26,719          27,177          27,737          29,877          31,563          33,343          57,529          37,152          39,179          39,484          39,983          40,529          41,328
Sum of Gallons 2.44E+08 2.67E+08 2.75E+08 3.01E+08 3.06E+08 3.03E+08 3.36E+08 3.23E+08 3.37E+08 3.55E+08 3.46E+08 3.54E+08 3.54E+08
Sum of Passengers    10,139,128    11,804,938    12,283,258    13,055,941    13,619,767    13,524,685    13,667,470    14,153,286    15,070,339    16,294,555    16,758,941    17,164,501    17,559,002
P12- Profit and Loss Statement  
Sum of Pax Rev (000) -9.58E+05 -1.11E+06 -1.26E+06 -1.37E+06 -1.48E+06 -1.58E+06 -1.56E+06 -1.62E+06 -1.79E+06 -1.96E+06 -2.12E+06 -2.38E+06 -2.48E+06
Sum of Charter Pax (000)  $       (6,592)  $       (5,781)  $       (4,426)  $       (2,986)  $       (2,561)  $       (2,411)  $       (5,653)  $       (4,812)  $       (4,692)  $       (5,154)  $       (4,302)  $       (4,207)  $       (3,273)
Sum of Transport Related Rev (000)  $     (82,613)  $     (75,763)  $     (76,237)  $     (85,902)  $     (94,789)  $     (64,015)  $     (75,248)  $     (88,673)  $    (104,694)  $    (123,381)  $    (135,397)  $    (139,039)  $    (400,885)
Sum of Cargo Rev (000)  $     (62,606)  $     (64,742)  $     (68,656)  $     (68,762)  $     (66,474)  $     (63,543)  $     (61,608)  $     (60,378)  $     (65,705)  $     (70,103)  $     (69,438)  $     (69,851)  $     (72,591)
Sum of Total Rev (000) -1.16E+06 -1.31E+06 -1.46E+06 -1.58E+06 -1.70E+06 -1.76E+06 -1.76E+06 -1.83E+06 -2.03E+06 -2.24E+06 -2.42E+06 -2.69E+06 -3.08E+06
P52- Functional Grouping Operating Expense Data  
Sum of Pilots And Copilots (000)  $      93,565  $     105,556  $     123,285  $     142,584  $     153,570  $     163,722  $     190,732  $     201,654  $     220,009  $     231,803  $     194,263  $     177,190  $     180,080
Sum of Other Flight Personnel (000)  $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -  
Sum of Trainees And Instructors (000)  $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -  
Sum of Personnel Expenses (000)  $        6,610  $        6,945  $      10,878  $        9,206  $        6,996  $        6,652  $        7,572  $        7,631  $        7,842  $        8,012  $        8,114  $        8,550  $        9,601
Sum of Employee Benefits And Pensions (000)  $      14,919  $      17,781  $      19,561  $      27,759  $      32,836  $      32,852  $      36,555  $      51,352  $      75,516  $      77,561  $      75,429  $      76,290  $      80,338
Sum of Taxes-Payroll (000)  $        5,527  $        5,537  $        6,695  $        7,226  $        7,895  $        8,841  $        9,923  $      11,082  $      11,758  $      12,183  $      11,691  $      10,034  $      10,789
Sum of Total Flight Equipment Maintenance (Memo) (000)  $      77,854  $      91,761  $     107,046  $     123,128  $     143,021  $     198,161  $     207,729  $     217,161  $     229,918  $     225,475  $     224,288  $     258,864  $     248,065
Sum of Flying Operations-Aircraft Fuels (000)  $     139,980  $     177,600  $     176,134  $     138,107  $     179,047  $     282,689  $     238,947  $     226,104  $     272,277  $     433,677  $     583,227  $     719,078  $     778,971