Employee Data and Analysis
Southwest Airlines
  1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Traffic Indicies  
Stage Length in Miles (for SLA purposes)                401               412               427               441               464               492               515               538               559               577               608               622               630
Seats Per Departure (for SDA purposes)               132               133               133               133               134               135               135               135               135               136               136               136               136
Price Per Gallon of Fuel  $          0.56  $          0.66  $          0.59  $          0.46  $          0.53  $          0.81  $          0.78  $          0.75  $          0.80  $          0.92  $          1.14  $          1.54  $          1.70
Airborne Hours / Block Hours 84% 84% 84% 84% 85% 85% 86% 86% 86% 86% 86% 86% 86%
Outsourcing Indicies  
Maintenance $'s Outsourced 68.5% 67.9% 66.0% 67.2% 67.1% 64.8% 62.2% 62.8% 59.0% 58.8% 56.3% 56.2% 60.4%
Other Outsourcing as % of  Total Exp. (ex-Fuel) 6.2% 6.2% 6.8% 7.0% 6.9% 7.1% 7.4% 7.6% 7.5% 7.6% 8.7% 8.8% 8.8%
Transport Related Expense (000)  $      11,366  $      12,890  $      13,865  $      14,633  $      17,415  $      17,737  $      19,001  $      13,395  $      14,048  $      13,277  $      13,497  $      14,277  $      15,018
Productivity Measures (unadjusted)  
Block Hours Per Employee Per Month
Pilots & Co-Pilots (note: Includes Flight Engineers where applicable)              70.2              69.5              70.7                 -                65.8              65.7              62.4              61.2              62.3              63.8              64.5              65.0              64.0
Flight Attendants (note: Avg Crew = 1 FA per 50 seats)              58.0              55.6              57.2                 -                52.5              55.8              55.1              52.1              56.6              59.1              59.3              60.9              62.5
Maintenance            108.7              94.5              95.9                 -                91.7              95.1              90.0              84.9              82.2              84.5              88.3              95.9            101.2
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling               6.4               5.9               5.9                 -                 6.5               7.0               7.2               7.0               7.3               8.7              10.2              10.8              11.4
Other              64.3              63.4              64.8                 -                50.4              53.6              49.5              47.1              45.3              51.6              59.8              69.3              68.4
Total               3.8               3.5               3.5                 -                 3.6               3.8               3.8               3.6               3.8               4.2               4.6               4.9               5.1
ASMs Per Employee (000)
Pilots & Co-Pilots       18,193.1       18,234.3       18,528.6                 -         17,859.9       18,076.4       17,594.2       17,412.7       17,879.3       18,347.9       18,821.1       19,150.7       18,763.8
Flight Attendants       11,384.8       11,000.4       11,269.3                 -         10,616.3       11,395.7       11,495.9       10,958.2       12,001.1       12,511.1       12,688.2       13,149.8       13,436.6
Maintenance       56,332.0       49,575.3       50,256.1                 -         49,765.9       52,304.7       50,726.3       48,292.9       47,185.5       48,553.6       51,510.9       56,473.0       59,314.5
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling         3,324.1         3,100.8         3,107.8                 -           3,507.6         3,877.7         4,078.3         3,999.7         4,176.0         5,029.8         5,940.5         6,388.4         6,663.1
Other       33,310.2       33,224.7       33,936.2                 -         27,353.2       29,498.6       27,876.8       26,829.4       26,016.9       29,640.5       34,880.9       40,802.6       40,131.5
Total         1,946.2         1,835.6         1,849.4                 -           1,932.5         2,090.7         2,124.6         2,066.3         2,155.6         2,431.1         2,705.9         2,884.5         2,962.2
Employees Per Aircraft
Pilots & Co-Pilots (Crews)               4.0               4.9               4.8                 -                 5.1               5.1               5.3               5.4               5.3               5.2               5.2               5.2               5.3
Flight Attendants (Crews)               4.9               6.1               6.0                 -                 6.4               6.0               6.0               6.4               5.8               5.6               5.7               5.6               5.4
Maintenance (Inhouse)               2.6               3.6               3.6                 -                 3.7               3.5               3.7               3.9               4.0               3.9               3.8               3.6               3.4
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling (Inhouse)              44.2              57.6              57.7                 -                51.8              47.5              45.4              47.2              45.3              37.9              33.3              31.5              30.0
Other (Inhouse)               4.4               5.4               5.3                 -                 6.6               6.2               6.6               7.0               7.3               6.4               5.7               4.9               5.0
Total              75.5              97.3              97.0                 -                94.0              88.1              87.2              91.5              87.8              78.5              73.0              69.7              67.4
Passengers Per Employee
Pilots & Co-Pilots          24,766          24,740          21,404                 -            22,109          21,927          19,797          18,284          18,595          19,335          19,509          19,886          19,182
Flight Attendants          15,498          14,925          13,018                 -            13,142          13,823          12,935          11,507          12,481          13,184          13,152          13,655          13,736
Maintenance          76,684          67,262          58,055                 -            61,604          63,447          57,077          50,710          49,074          51,167          53,394          58,642          60,636
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling            4,525            4,207            3,590                 -              4,342            4,704            4,589            4,200            4,343            5,300            6,158            6,634            6,812
Other          45,345          45,078          39,203                 -            33,860          35,783          31,367          28,172          27,058          31,236          36,156          42,370          41,026
Total            2,649            2,490            2,136                 -              2,392            2,536            2,391            2,170            2,242            2,562            2,805            2,995            3,028
Productivity Measures Revenue  
Passenger Revenue Per Employee (000)
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $     1,363.3  $     1,457.5  $     1,507.5  $             -    $     1,519.0  $     1,627.7  $     1,420.2  $     1,320.5  $     1,395.4  $     1,457.2  $     1,563.9  $     1,763.9  $     1,724.1
Flight Attendants  $        853.1  $        879.3  $        916.9  $             -    $        902.9  $     1,026.1  $        928.0  $        831.0  $        936.6  $        993.7  $     1,054.3  $     1,211.2  $     1,234.6
Maintenance  $     4,221.3  $     3,962.7  $     4,089.0  $             -    $     4,232.7  $     4,709.8  $     4,094.6  $     3,662.3  $     3,682.6  $     3,856.2  $     4,280.3  $     5,201.6  $     5,450.2
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling  $        249.1  $        247.9  $        252.9  $             -    $        298.3  $        349.2  $        329.2  $        303.3  $        325.9  $        399.5  $        493.6  $        588.4  $        612.3
Other  $     2,496.2  $     2,655.8  $     2,761.1  $             -    $     2,326.5  $     2,656.2  $     2,250.2  $     2,034.6  $     2,030.5  $     2,354.1  $     2,898.4  $     3,758.2  $     3,687.6
Total  $        145.8  $        146.7  $        150.5  $             -    $        164.4  $        188.3  $        171.5  $        156.7  $        168.2  $        193.1  $        224.9  $        265.7  $        272.2
Salary and Benefits  
Average Salary
Management and All Other  $      34,189  $      36,710  $      39,513  $             -    $      41,102  $      43,476  $      45,354  $      46,575  $      49,801  $      55,014  $      59,757  $      68,455  $      69,771
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $     107,109  $     106,862  $     110,905  $             -    $     109,958  $     110,601  $     112,259  $     117,558  $     130,069  $     144,511  $     157,420  $     165,882  $     167,112
Flight Attendants  $      27,101  $      27,024  $      27,920  $             -    $      27,550  $      30,745  $      30,514  $      31,447  $      36,537  $      40,720  $      42,045  $      44,564  $      49,365
Maintenance  $      58,000  $      53,755  $      56,940  $             -    $      62,578  $      64,839  $      63,839  $      68,635  $      74,754  $      78,801  $      81,465  $      86,469  $      90,163
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling  $      22,189  $      21,832  $      21,369  $             -    $      24,226  $      26,555  $      28,139  $      28,645  $      30,062  $      36,717  $      39,912  $      41,980  $      43,430
Total  $      34,575  $      33,979  $      34,580  $             -    $      37,621  $      40,635  $      42,497  $      43,827  $      48,047  $      56,443  $      62,122  $      66,855  $      69,947
Other Compensation Per Employee (All Employees)
Benefits, Pensions and Payroll Taxes
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $      13,447  $      13,588  $      14,650  $             -    $      16,044  $        6,797  $        5,498  $        6,508  $      25,831  $      25,142  $      30,633  $      44,300  $      28,963
All Others  $        8,051  $        7,893  $        9,351  $             -    $      12,255  $      16,062  $      15,664  $      13,453  $      13,460  $      14,989  $      17,247  $      19,197  $      19,012
Total  $        8,628  $        8,466  $        9,879  $             -    $      12,665  $      14,990  $      14,437  $      12,629  $      14,951  $      16,334  $      19,172  $      22,978  $      20,583
Personnel
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $        9,869  $      10,804  $      11,324  $             -    $      11,083  $      11,058  $      11,803  $      10,481  $      10,328  $      10,389  $      10,348  $      10,938  $      11,212
Flight Attendents  $      12,198  $      12,379  $      12,058  $             -    $      13,729  $      13,607  $      14,356  $      11,758  $      12,236  $      14,615  $      12,951  $      14,232  $      14,924
Payroll Taxes
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $        7,990  $        7,931  $        8,169  $             -    $        8,957  $        9,595  $      10,740  $      10,911  $      11,785  $      13,135  $        8,740  $        9,387  $        9,089
All Others  $        1,917  $        1,891  $        1,909  $             -    $        2,026  $        2,209  $        2,201  $        2,224  $        2,379  $        2,820  $        3,674  $        4,081  $        4,073
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               826            1,074            1,202              1,350            1,459            1,709            1,883            1,838            1,829            1,809            1,825            1,797
Sum of Pilots and Co-Pilots            2,025            2,243            2,414              2,962            3,316            3,725            3,966            4,022            4,197            4,535            4,845            5,317
Sum of Other Flight Personnel                 -                   -                   -                     -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -  
Sum of Passenger and General Services            3,236            3,718            3,969              4,983            5,260            5,701            6,302            5,992            6,155            6,727            7,056            7,425
Sum of Maintenance               654               825               890              1,063            1,146            1,292            1,430            1,524            1,586            1,657            1,643            1,682
Sum of AC Handling 1                 -                   -                   -                     -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -  
Sum of Aircraft Handling            2,819            3,300            3,555              3,783            4,058            4,688            5,045            5,122            5,063            5,201            5,458            5,754
Sum of Aircraft Control               132               141               146                 135               154               185               191               202               203               205               259               277
Sum of Passenger Handling            8,132            9,749          10,691            11,164          11,246          11,197          12,030          11,896          10,044            8,962            8,807            8,559
Sum of Cargo Handling                 -                   -                   -                     -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                 383
Sum of Trainees and Instructors                34                36                34                  10                42                50                72                74                79                78                75                82
Sum of Stats               568               605               661                 685               795               889               949               964               853               745               695               745
Sum of Traffic Solicitors                46                52                55                 148                69                71                61                60                54                54                56                51
Sum of Other               458               538               568              1,091            1,126            1,341            1,492            1,666            1,612            1,570            1,448            1,608
Sum of Transport Related                 -                   -                   -                     -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -  
Sum of Total          18,930          22,281          24,185          27,374          28,671          30,848          33,421          33,360          31,675          31,543          32,167          33,680
P6- Objective Grouping Operating Expense Data  
Sum of Salaries-General Management Personnel (000)  $      44,545  $      54,257  $      63,163  $      74,473  $      75,562  $      85,985  $     102,851  $     114,045  $     123,294  $     132,915  $     140,595  $     160,359  $     158,493
Sum of Salaries-Flight Personnel (000)  $     304,594  $     340,168  $     378,538  $     414,948  $     462,981  $     528,472  $     592,128  $     664,415  $     742,070  $     857,148  $     996,736  $  1,118,143  $  1,255,071
Sum of Salaries-Maintenance Labor (000)  $      37,932  $      44,348  $      50,677  $      57,320  $      66,520  $      74,306  $      82,480  $      98,148  $     113,925  $     124,979  $     134,988  $     142,069  $     151,654
Sum of Salaries-Aircraft And Traffic Handling Personnel (000)  $     245,923  $     287,961  $     307,541  $     338,490  $     365,369  $     410,480  $     452,197  $     494,587  $     517,672  $     562,144  $     573,462  $     609,714  $     650,274
Sum of Salaries-Other Personnel (000)  $      21,509  $      30,360  $      36,410  $      40,376  $      59,417  $      65,791  $      81,287  $      93,542  $     105,891  $     110,631  $     113,732  $     120,239  $     140,338
Sum of Salaries-Total (000)  $     654,503  $     757,094  $     836,329  $     925,607  $  1,029,849  $  1,165,034  $  1,310,943  $  1,464,737  $  1,602,852  $  1,787,817  $  1,959,513  $  2,150,524  $  2,355,830
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Personnel Expense (000)  $      59,457  $      70,259  $      75,193  $      87,153  $     101,241  $     108,241  $     125,807  $     115,667  $     114,861  $     133,555  $     134,047  $     153,416  $     170,427
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Employee Benefits And Pensions (000)  $     163,327  $     188,641  $     238,935  $     290,449  $     346,679  $     429,779  $     445,341  $     422,060  $     498,776  $     517,380  $     604,737  $     739,148  $     693,240
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Payroll Taxes (000)  $      48,594  $      55,687  $      61,276  $      69,214  $      75,982  $      87,813  $      99,712  $     108,783  $     117,198  $     132,607  $     138,873  $     156,989  $     163,834
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Total (000)  $     271,378  $     314,587  $     375,404  $     446,816  $     523,902  $     625,833  $     670,860  $     646,510  $     730,835  $     783,542  $     877,657  $  1,049,553  $  1,027,501
Sum of Total Salaries And Related Fringe Benefits (000)  $     925,881  $  1,071,681  $  1,211,733  $  1,372,423  $  1,553,751  $  1,790,867  $  1,981,803  $  2,111,247  $  2,333,687  $  2,571,359  $  2,837,170  $  3,200,077  $  3,383,331
Sum of Services Purchased-Advertising And Other Promotions (000)  $      95,773  $     113,530  $     116,508  $     124,366  $     142,671  $     147,230  $     154,970  $     160,853  $     161,862  $     158,882  $     173,335  $     182,246  $     191,274
Sum of Services Purchased-Communication (000)  $      30,335  $      32,874  $      27,806  $      32,263  $      34,319  $      25,730  $      27,514  $      24,889  $      21,441  $      19,360  $      17,939  $      17,261  $      19,995
Sum of Services Purchased-Insurance (000)  $      23,882  $      21,608  $      17,647  $      15,299  $      15,757  $      14,815  $      38,390  $     111,949  $      65,062  $      63,597  $      61,703  $      59,937  $      53,030
Sum of Services Purchased-Outside Flight Equipment Maintenance (000)  $     189,040  $     222,879  $     226,132  $     268,527  $     325,051  $     326,672  $     340,472  $     346,422  $     382,738  $     399,189  $     380,110  $     414,522  $     537,337
Sum of Services Purchased-Traffic Commissions -Passenger (000)  $     141,249  $     161,616  $     176,341  $     176,518  $     175,314  $     177,814  $     116,539  $      66,358  $      56,565  $      11,900  $      10,828  $      11,275  $      11,208
Sum of Services Purchased-Traffic Commissions-Cargo (000)  $           400  $           223  $           297  $             86  $             12  $           167  $             12  $           257  $           540  $           864  $           421  $           416  $           124
Sum of Services Purchased-Other Services (000)  $     135,487  $     159,084  $     189,810  $     216,624  $     239,848  $     269,450  $     303,019  $     325,187  $     341,637  $     370,514  $     461,753  $     530,016  $     578,240
Sum of Services Purchased-Total (000)  $     616,166  $     711,814  $     754,541  $     833,683  $     932,972  $     961,878  $     980,916  $  1,035,915  $  1,029,845  $  1,024,306  $  1,106,089  $  1,215,673  $  1,391,208
Sum of Transport Related Expense (000) 11366 12890 13865 14633 17415 17737 19001 13395 14048 13277 13497 14277 15018
Sum of Total Operating Expense (000)  $  2,564,934  $  3,057,632  $  3,292,675  $  3,480,321  $  3,954,116  $  4,629,120  $  4,924,054  $  5,104,270  $  5,454,619  $  5,976,038  $  6,763,757  $  8,152,040  $  9,070,575
T1 & T2- Traffic Data  
Sum of RPMs 2.38E+10 2.72E+10 2.85E+10 3.08E+10 3.65E+10 4.22E+10 4.46E+10 4.55E+10 4.80E+10 5.35E+10 6.03E+10 6.78E+10 7.24E+10
Sum of ASMs 3.68E+10 4.09E+10 4.47E+10 4.76E+10 5.29E+10 5.99E+10 6.55E+10 6.91E+10 7.19E+10 7.70E+10 8.54E+10 9.28E+10 9.98E+10
Sum of Miles 2.79E+08 3.09E+08 3.36E+08 3.57E+08 3.94E+08 4.45E+08 4.85E+08 5.10E+08 5.31E+08 5.67E+08 6.26E+08 6.80E+08 7.31E+08
Sum of Depts        695,942        748,812        787,308        808,153        848,240        904,486        942,466        948,250        950,589        982,479      1,029,746      1,093,090      1,161,549
Sum of Airborne Hours        720,329        786,214        865,354        901,926        990,371      1,111,736      1,198,103      1,250,112      1,293,588      1,378,958      1,511,691      1,632,229      1,749,646
Sum of Block Hours        852,902        935,820      1,024,418      1,067,629      1,169,845      1,307,692      1,395,717      1,456,295      1,502,804      1,607,500      1,755,257      1,890,934      2,041,620
Sum of AC Days          91,511          83,809          91,012          95,430        106,256        119,096        129,156        133,387        138,749        147,702        157,722        168,555        182,474
Sum of Gallons 6.59E+08 7.37E+08 8.42E+08 8.47E+08 9.29E+08 1.01E+09 1.09E+09 1.12E+09 1.14E+09 1.20E+09 1.29E+09 1.39E+09 1.49E+09
Sum of Passengers    50,151,362    55,490,793    51,669,196    59,177,010    65,485,500    72,710,320    73,742,879    72,515,950    74,788,288    81,150,157    88,473,713    96,349,391  101,989,972
P12- Profit and Loss Statement  
Sum of Pax Rev (000) -2.76E+06 -3.27E+06 -3.64E+06 -3.96E+06 -4.50E+06 -5.40E+06 -5.29E+06 -5.24E+06 -5.61E+06 -6.12E+06 -7.09E+06 -8.55E+06 -9.17E+06
Sum of Charter Pax (000)  $     (13,957)  $     (18,774)  $     (21,082)  $     (20,297)  $     (30,628)  $     (29,285)  $     (28,567)  $     (18,332)  $     (14,637)  $     (19,043)  $     (25,029)  $     (19,051)  $     (25,747)
Sum of Transport Related Rev (000)  $     (10,832)  $     (11,369)  $     (10,176)  $       (9,553)  $       (9,938)  $       (8,120)  $     (12,152)  $     (12,050)  $     (11,783)  $     (12,355)  $     (13,978)  $     (15,035)  $     (16,743)
Sum of Cargo Rev (000)  $     (41,238)  $     (48,632)  $     (56,813)  $     (61,951)  $     (64,488)  $     (69,801)  $     (61,175)  $     (67,939)  $     (78,670)  $     (94,785)  $    (118,747)  $    (140,478)  $    (150,378)
Sum of Total Rev (000) -2.87E+06 -3.41E+06 -3.82E+06 -4.16E+06 -4.74E+06 -5.65E+06 -5.56E+06 -5.52E+06 -5.94E+06 -6.53E+06 -7.58E+06 -9.09E+06 -9.86E+06
P52- Functional Grouping Operating Expense Data  
Sum of Pilots And Copilots (000)  $     216,896  $     239,692  $     267,725  $     286,697  $     325,697  $     366,753  $     418,165  $     466,234  $     523,139  $     606,514  $     713,901  $     803,699  $     886,733
Sum of Other Flight Personnel (000)  $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $        1,802
Sum of Trainees And Instructors (000)  $        1,287  $        1,511  $        1,733  $        1,853  $        2,059  $        2,317  $        3,133  $        4,613  $        4,956  $        5,339  $        5,525  $        5,606  $        6,305
Sum of Personnel Expenses (000)  $      19,984  $      24,233  $      27,336  $      30,314  $      32,829  $      36,669  $      43,965  $      41,566  $      41,540  $      43,602  $      46,927  $      52,994  $      59,615
Sum of Employee Benefits And Pensions (000)  $      27,230  $      30,479  $      35,364  $      39,077  $      47,522  $      22,538  $      20,480  $      25,809  $     103,892  $     105,521  $     138,922  $     214,635  $     153,997
Sum of Taxes-Payroll (000)  $      16,179  $      17,790  $      19,719  $      21,578  $      26,531  $      31,816  $      40,005  $      43,272  $      47,401  $      55,129  $      39,638  $      45,480  $      48,325
Sum of Total Flight Equipment Maintenance (Memo) (000)  $     276,073  $     328,107  $     342,770  $     399,453  $     484,467  $     504,102  $     547,706  $     551,565  $     648,601  $     679,049  $     675,350  $     737,953  $     890,209
Sum of Flying Operations-Aircraft Fuels (000)  $     365,696  $     483,813  $     493,342  $     386,766  $     490,501  $     825,287  $     849,956  $     842,960  $     917,002  $  1,103,258  $  1,466,593  $  2,134,132  $  2,531,582