Total Flight Attendant Employee Equivalents
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
 American        18,013       17,542       17,690       18,184       21,119       21,534       20,835       21,356       18,421       17,484       17,183       16,552       16,268
 Continental          4,974         5,110         5,746         6,665         7,629         8,082         8,150         7,251         7,277         7,386         8,072         8,360         8,798
 Delta        15,926       14,403       15,637       16,553       17,306       17,657       16,895       14,804       12,760       12,781       12,015       10,454       10,921
 Northwest          8,706         9,305         9,649       10,080       10,222       10,753       10,363         9,243         8,403         8,636         8,860         7,869         7,680
 United        13,822       14,161       11,355       22,373       24,845       23,821       23,707       18,696       16,235       15,250       15,295       14,881       15,027
 US Airways          7,816         7,777         7,992         7,955         8,517         9,857         7,078         6,977         6,020         5,689         4,734         7,956         7,299
 America West          1,883         1,991         2,160         2,311         2,835         1,810         2,321         2,368         2,395         2,604         2,558              -                -  
  --sub Network        71,140       70,289       70,229       84,121       92,473       93,514       89,349       80,695       71,511       69,830       68,717       66,072       65,993
 Southwest          3,236         3,718         3,969              -           4,983         5,260         5,701         6,302         5,992         6,155         6,727         7,056         7,425
 jetBlue               -                -                -                -                -                -              434            591            973         1,309         1,685         2,060         1,929
 AirTran               -                -               95            563            619            731            742            904         1,034         1,208         1,448         1,751         1,977
 Frontier             114            260            126            137            158            150            387            512            586            761            890            874         1,000
 ATA               -           1,071         1,269               6              -              444         1,484         1,727         1,803         1,595         1,109            893              -  
  --sub LCC          3,350         5,049         5,459            706         5,760         6,585         8,748       10,036       10,388       11,028       11,859       12,634       12,331
 Alaska          1,351         1,871         1,486            513            548         1,748         1,857         1,905         2,032         2,312         2,203         2,321         2,410
 Hawaiian             523            542            543            563             41            894            640            640            640            799            682            899            960
 Midwest             243            270            280              -              367            463            354            370            328            362            409            438            492
  -- sub Other          2,117         2,683         2,309         1,076            956         3,105         2,851         2,915         3,000         3,473         3,294         3,658         3,862
 Total All Sectors        76,607       78,021       77,997       85,903       99,189     103,204     100,948       93,646       84,899       84,331       83,870       82,364       82,186
Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable.
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P10.