Employee Data and Analysis
Delta Airlines
  1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Traffic Indicies  
Stage Length in Miles (for SLA purposes)                761               783               795               823               849               871               885               893               948               984            1,039            1,170            1,237
Seats Per Departure (for SDA purposes)               180               181               180               179               178               178               176               178               180               180               183               187               187
Price Per Gallon of Fuel  $          0.55  $          0.65  $          0.63  $          0.51  $          0.51  $          0.65  $          0.68  $          0.65  $          0.79  $          1.13  $          1.71  $          2.08  $          2.26
Airborne Hours / Block Hours 83% 83% 83% 83% 82% 82% 83% 83% 83% 83% 84% 85% 85%
Outsourcing Indicies  
Maintenance $'s Outsourced 12.5% 19.8% 17.3% 23.7% 24.4% 21.0% 23.6% 25.9% 23.8% 23.9% 34.9% 43.9% 36.2%
Other Outsourcing as % of  Total Exp. (ex-Fuel) 10.7% 11.3% 12.6% 13.3% 13.3% 11.6% 10.0% 10.8% 8.5% 9.3% 10.8% 11.8% 12.2%
Transport Related Expense (000)  $     306,714  $     365,398  $     257,851  $     235,158  $     310,346  $     340,297  $     449,617  $     689,549  $  2,768,721  $  3,237,920  $  3,589,235  $  4,001,411  $  4,550,545
Productivity Measures (unadjusted)  
Block Hours Per Employee Per Month
Pilots & Co-Pilots (note: Includes Flight Engineers where applicable)              39.0              41.0              43.0              41.2              46.0              41.5              45.0              41.3              41.6              47.5              51.9              50.5              49.6
Flight Attendants (note: Avg Crew = 1 FA per 50 seats)              36.8              41.9              40.3              39.0              38.2              38.1              38.0              40.2              42.1              45.4              48.9              51.6              50.1
Maintenance              22.8              27.4              26.5              24.7              22.5              33.0              31.8              21.2              19.8              21.9              27.1              29.6              28.0
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling               6.1               7.1               6.4               6.1               6.0               6.0               6.0               8.5               8.4               9.3               9.7               9.7               9.2
Other              20.3              25.2              27.2              25.7              25.6              26.6              21.7              11.4              11.0              12.2              14.0              15.0              16.1
Total               2.5               2.8               2.7               2.6               2.6               2.6               2.6               2.6               2.5               2.8               3.1               3.2               3.1
ASMs Per Employee (000)
Pilots & Co-Pilots       15,598.8       16,420.9       17,030.3       16,239.5       17,938.2       16,137.3       17,453.4       16,309.4       16,835.0       19,143.4       21,654.5       21,980.1       21,636.9
Flight Attendants         8,176.5         9,283.9         8,878.4         8,587.2         8,366.9         8,337.8         8,370.8         8,895.0         9,440.0       10,164.1       11,140.0       11,997.2       11,697.1
Maintenance       18,268.6       21,924.2       21,022.3       19,522.6       17,547.0       25,702.0       24,655.6       16,734.2       16,030.7       17,657.6       22,620.7       25,742.7       24,378.6
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling         4,884.8         5,725.6         5,046.2         4,789.1         4,651.8         4,709.6         4,644.9         6,680.6         6,782.4         7,518.2         8,108.5         8,478.8         8,005.5
Other       16,210.5       20,238.5       21,564.4       20,306.3       19,996.9       20,732.4       16,844.3         8,985.5         8,874.6         9,863.8       11,681.5       13,049.5       14,003.9
Total         1,964.0         2,272.6         2,147.5         2,043.5         1,998.6         2,062.4         2,016.3         2,016.0         2,043.5         2,257.0         2,562.6         2,752.7         2,701.5
Employees Per Aircraft
Pilots & Co-Pilots (Crews)               7.8               7.6               7.4               7.8               6.9               7.6               6.5               6.8               6.7               8.0               7.2               7.7               6.8
Flight Attendants (Crews)               8.2               7.5               7.9               8.2               8.4               8.3               7.7               6.9               6.6               8.4               7.7               7.5               6.7
Maintenance (Inhouse)              13.3              11.4              12.0              13.0              14.2               9.5               9.2              13.2              14.1              17.4              13.9              13.1              12.0
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling (Inhouse)              49.7              43.8              49.9              52.8              53.6              52.1              48.7              33.0              33.3              41.0              38.7              39.8              36.7
Other (Inhouse)              15.0              12.4              11.7              12.5              12.5              11.8              13.4              24.6              25.5              31.2              26.8              25.9              21.0
Total            123.5            110.3            117.2            123.8            124.7            119.0            112.2            109.4            110.7            136.5            122.4            122.7            108.6
Passengers Per Employee
Pilots & Co-Pilots          10,417          11,945          12,660          11,850          13,073          11,587          11,623          11,261          11,774          12,806          13,931          12,908          12,373
Flight Attendants            5,460            6,753            6,600            6,266            6,098            5,987            5,574            6,142            6,602            6,799            7,166            7,046            6,689
Maintenance          12,200          15,948          15,628          14,246          12,788          18,455          16,419          11,555          11,212          11,812          14,552          15,118          13,941
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling            3,262            4,165            3,751            3,495            3,390            3,382            3,093            4,613            4,744            5,029            5,216            4,979            4,578
Other          10,826          14,722          16,031          14,818          14,574          14,887          11,217            6,204            6,207            6,598            7,515            7,664            8,008
Total            1,312            1,653            1,596            1,491            1,457            1,481            1,343            1,392            1,429            1,510            1,649            1,617            1,545
Productivity Measures Revenue  
Passenger Revenue Per Employee (000)
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $     1,363.9  $     1,471.3  $     1,566.8  $     1,505.7  $     1,635.7  $     1,549.7  $     1,465.6  $     1,329.5  $     1,435.6  $     1,594.9  $     1,835.7  $     2,043.5  $     2,162.6
Flight Attendants  $        714.9  $        831.8  $        816.8  $        796.2  $        762.9  $        800.7  $        702.9  $        725.1  $        805.0  $        846.8  $        944.3  $     1,115.4  $     1,169.1
Maintenance  $     1,597.3  $     1,964.3  $     1,934.1  $     1,810.1  $     1,600.0  $     2,468.2  $     2,070.4  $     1,364.1  $     1,367.0  $     1,471.1  $     1,917.6  $     2,393.4  $     2,436.6
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling  $        427.1  $        513.0  $        464.3  $        444.0  $        424.2  $        452.3  $        390.0  $        544.6  $        578.4  $        626.4  $        687.4  $        788.3  $        800.1
Other  $     1,417.4  $     1,813.3  $     1,984.0  $     1,882.7  $     1,823.4  $     1,991.0  $     1,414.4  $        732.5  $        756.8  $        821.8  $        990.2  $     1,213.2  $     1,399.7
Total  $        171.7  $        203.6  $        197.6  $        189.5  $        182.2  $        198.1  $        169.3  $        164.3  $        174.3  $        188.0  $        217.2  $        255.9  $        270.0
Salary and Benefits  
Average Salary
Management and All Other  $      46,044  $      61,023  $      81,966  $      79,042  $      70,886  $     154,882  $     118,694  $      53,880  $      54,845  $      48,365  $      43,140  $      47,417  $      82,970
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $     129,315  $     134,016  $     131,249  $     121,885  $     143,880  $     150,549  $     185,982  $     173,365  $     197,380  $     209,330  $     155,532  $     127,268  $     128,756
Flight Attendants  $      29,954  $      35,736  $      34,952  $      35,087  $      38,127  $      19,519  $      40,482  $      42,158  $      45,441  $      45,333  $      40,037  $      37,039  $      36,931
Maintenance  $      33,052  $      40,024  $      39,669  $      38,788  $      33,287  $      62,432  $      58,800  $      57,697  $      61,400  $      65,248  $      58,523  $      57,015  $      51,464
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling  $      35,873  $      42,750  $      38,440  $      37,510  $      39,307  $      34,435  $      31,365  $      45,277  $      47,378  $      47,445  $      43,110  $      39,090  $      39,015
Total  $      47,178  $      55,506  $      53,968  $      52,040  $      53,344  $      60,682  $      64,825  $      63,854  $      68,691  $      68,551  $      57,460  $      53,359  $      59,729
Other Compensation Per Employee (All Employees)
Benefits, Pensions and Payroll Taxes
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $      26,237  $      58,222  $      22,675  $      20,720  $      15,065  $        8,314  $        9,655  $      45,077  $      83,537  $      86,195  $      77,320  $      75,500  $      17,872
All Others  $        7,662  $        8,680  $        8,609  $        7,727  $        7,363  $        8,237  $        9,407  $      10,674  $      12,560  $      13,666  $      12,594  $      13,886  $      10,669
Total  $      10,000  $      15,536  $      10,383  $        9,362  $        8,221  $        8,247  $        9,436  $      14,927  $      21,176  $      22,217  $      20,254  $      21,602  $      11,569
Personnel
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $        7,365  $        7,447  $        8,244  $        8,757  $      10,349  $        9,763  $      11,734  $      10,441  $      11,024  $      11,872  $      11,552  $      11,789  $      13,867
Flight Attendents  $        8,895  $        8,648  $      10,215  $      10,352  $      10,372  $      10,454  $      11,083  $      10,904  $        8,632  $        7,777  $        8,418  $        9,372  $      12,006
Payroll Taxes
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $        8,640  $        7,157  $        8,486  $        6,079  $        5,827  $        8,111  $        8,454  $        9,037  $        9,517  $      10,034  $        8,934  $        7,978  $        5,161
All Others  $        2,861  $        3,274  $        3,258  $        3,313  $        3,279  $        3,425  $        3,942  $        3,781  $        4,103  $        4,248  $        3,916  $        3,499  $        3,662
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               209               233               308               293               452               515               565               203               177               185               153               127               142
Sum of Pilots and Co-Pilots            8,347            8,143            8,152            8,753            8,072            9,123            8,103            8,074            7,155            6,786            6,181            5,706            5,904
Sum of Other Flight Personnel                  1                 -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -  
Sum of Passenger and General Services          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
Sum of Maintenance            7,128            6,099            6,604            7,281            8,252            5,728            5,736            7,869            7,514            7,357            5,917            4,872            5,240
Sum of AC Handling 1                 -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -  
Sum of Aircraft Handling            9,674            8,904          10,807          11,550          12,438          13,014          12,544            2,927            2,590            2,632            2,313            1,947            1,971
Sum of Aircraft Control               685               535               617               632               634               657               686               596               567               536               471               415               399
Sum of Passenger Handling            6,563            6,488            7,412            8,033            8,255            7,853            7,623            7,796            6,902            6,660            6,650            6,442            7,176
Sum of Cargo Handling            9,736            7,427            8,676            9,466            9,800            9,736            9,594            8,392            7,701            7,451            7,073            5,988            6,411
Sum of Trainees and Instructors               321               465               488               369               530               580               455               987               834               678               484               363               408
Sum of Stats            3,966            2,362            1,953            2,345            2,516            2,447            2,453            1,713               818               838               680               591               585
Sum of Traffic Solicitors               933               936               962            1,034               971               800               770               848               779               810               781               826               844
Sum of Other            2,813            2,844            3,035            3,252            3,224            3,274            4,718          11,107          11,142          10,844            9,513            7,831            7,285
Sum of Transport Related                 -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -                   -  
Sum of Total          66,302          58,839          64,649          69,559          72,449          71,384          70,140          65,319          58,945          57,558          52,231          45,562          47,286
P6- Objective Grouping Operating Expense Data  
Sum of Salaries-General Management Personnel (000)  $      67,875  $     100,258  $     163,638  $     164,209  $      72,657  $      53,522  $     105,248  $      67,480  $      73,466  $      48,781  $      35,225  $      21,950  $      29,872
Sum of Salaries-Flight Personnel (000)  $  1,556,570  $  1,606,002  $  1,616,481  $  1,647,645  $  1,821,221  $  1,718,098  $  2,190,956  $  2,023,849  $  1,992,085  $  1,999,912  $  1,442,392  $  1,113,393  $  1,163,497
Sum of Salaries-Maintenance Labor (000)  $     235,596  $     244,108  $     261,974  $     282,412  $     274,688  $     357,610  $     337,276  $     454,019  $     461,363  $     480,033  $     346,283  $     277,779  $     269,671
Sum of Salaries-Aircraft And Traffic Handling Personnel (000)  $     956,300  $     998,383  $  1,057,575  $  1,113,332  $  1,223,511  $  1,076,443  $     954,969  $     892,446  $     841,438  $     819,797  $     711,625  $     578,226  $     622,557
Sum of Salaries-Other Personnel (000)  $     311,622  $     317,138  $     389,302  $     412,243  $     472,668  $  1,126,057  $     958,366  $     733,064  $     680,656  $     597,139  $     465,679  $     439,795  $     738,759
Sum of Salaries-Total (000)  $  3,127,963  $  3,265,889  $  3,488,970  $  3,619,841  $  3,864,745  $  4,331,730  $  4,546,815  $  4,170,858  $  4,049,008  $  3,945,662  $  3,001,204  $  2,431,143  $  2,824,356
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Personnel Expense (000)  $     203,136  $     185,191  $     226,936  $     248,016  $     263,026  $     273,646  $     282,335  $     245,729  $     189,017  $     179,960  $     172,542  $     165,250  $     212,990
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Employee Benefits And Pensions (000)  $     663,039  $     914,132  $     671,259  $     651,191  $     595,621  $     588,692  $     661,834  $     974,999  $  1,248,193  $  1,278,756  $  1,057,891  $     984,246  $     547,035
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Payroll Taxes (000)  $     237,953  $     224,248  $     253,254  $     254,651  $     258,104  $     287,262  $     313,030  $     289,427  $     280,577  $     283,776  $     235,544  $     184,960  $     182,008
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Total (000)  $  1,104,128  $  1,323,571  $  1,151,449  $  1,153,858  $  1,116,751  $  1,149,600  $  1,257,199  $  1,510,155  $  1,717,787  $  1,742,492  $  1,465,977  $  1,334,456  $     942,033
Sum of Total Salaries And Related Fringe Benefits (000)  $  4,232,091  $  4,589,460  $  4,640,419  $  4,773,699  $  4,981,496  $  5,481,330  $  5,804,014  $  5,681,013  $  5,766,795  $  5,688,154  $  4,467,181  $  3,765,599  $  3,766,389
Sum of Services Purchased-Advertising And Other Promotions (000)  $     149,376  $     104,090  $     110,999  $     121,512  $     139,739  $     128,972  $     153,015  $     126,748  $     134,803  $     146,893  $     163,575  $     149,441  $     171,273
Sum of Services Purchased-Communication (000)  $     173,636  $     187,015  $     174,275  $     196,647  $     191,995  $     181,864  $     198,047  $     182,443  $     169,886  $     187,210  $     177,491  $     187,970  $     215,579
Sum of Services Purchased-Insurance (000)  $      57,615  $      61,164  $      71,601  $      46,092  $      34,534  $      31,857  $      50,286  $     182,835  $     115,870  $     120,420  $      94,752  $      99,745  $     103,888
Sum of Services Purchased-Outside Flight Equipment Maintenance (000)  $     112,685  $     170,677  $     172,138  $     257,345  $     292,179  $     304,507  $     327,483  $     315,676  $     254,584  $     271,117  $     374,443  $     466,748  $     426,750
Sum of Services Purchased-Traffic Commissions -Passenger (000)  $  1,099,341  $  1,031,883  $  1,002,831  $     939,121  $     763,102  $     614,264  $     510,804  $     302,196  $     210,175  $     203,633  $     187,796  $     224,832  $     246,386
Sum of Services Purchased-Traffic Commissions-Cargo (000)  $        4,537  $        3,699  $        4,095  $        2,816  $        3,090  $        4,175  $        2,871  $      10,303  $      10,436  $      13,701  $      13,331  $      13,587  $      13,931
Sum of Services Purchased-Other Services (000)  $  1,090,003  $  1,248,990  $  1,373,996  $  1,519,375  $  1,567,444  $  1,401,644  $  1,246,148  $  1,298,567  $  1,171,595  $  1,342,104  $  1,478,539  $  1,572,099  $  1,679,925
Sum of Services Purchased-Total (000)  $  2,687,193  $  2,807,518  $  2,909,935  $  3,081,802  $  2,980,535  $  2,667,283  $  2,488,654  $  2,418,768  $  2,067,349  $  2,285,078  $  2,489,927  $  2,714,422  $  2,857,732
Sum of Transport Related Expense (000) 306714 365398 257851 235158 310346 340297 449617 689549 2768721 3237920 3589235 4001411 4550545
Sum of Total Operating Expense (000)  $11,518,849  $12,746,582  $12,582,662  $12,836,685  $13,171,304  $13,861,497  $14,183,177  $13,445,779  $15,360,207  $16,767,211  $17,308,878  $17,308,303  $18,233,944
T1 & T2- Traffic Data  
Sum of RPMs 8.52E+10 9.39E+10 9.97E+10 1.03E+11 1.05E+11 1.08E+11 9.77E+10 9.53E+10 8.94E+10 9.83E+10 1.04E+11 9.89E+10 1.03E+11
Sum of ASMs 1.30E+11 1.34E+11 1.39E+11 1.42E+11 1.45E+11 1.47E+11 1.41E+11 1.32E+11 1.20E+11 1.30E+11 1.34E+11 1.25E+11 1.28E+11
Sum of Miles 7.23E+08 7.39E+08 7.71E+08 7.93E+08 8.13E+08 8.27E+08 8.03E+08 7.38E+08 6.68E+08 7.22E+08 7.31E+08 6.71E+08 6.84E+08
Sum of Depts        950,811        943,942        969,995        963,992        957,512        949,836        907,878        826,272        704,758        733,010        703,506        573,181        552,678
Sum of Airborne Hours      1,630,466      1,669,822      1,749,975      1,791,367      1,833,584      1,864,321      1,808,249      1,654,175      1,481,939      1,603,456      1,622,318      1,466,501      1,485,685
Sum of Block Hours      1,953,319      2,001,755      2,100,902      2,161,141      2,225,511      2,269,404      2,187,408      1,998,796      1,787,252      1,933,922      1,923,533      1,729,148      1,758,101
Sum of AC Days        195,931        195,229        201,363        205,129        212,029        219,543        228,220        217,868        194,400        154,318        155,800        135,568        158,909
Sum of Gallons 2.50E+09 2.55E+09 2.63E+09 2.70E+09 2.72E+09 2.74E+09 2.50E+09 2.26E+09 2.02E+09 2.13E+09 2.13E+09 1.94E+09 1.97E+09
Sum of Passengers    86,963,085    97,268,562  103,207,867  103,724,605  105,529,015  105,709,077    94,179,938    90,924,099    84,246,369    86,901,935    86,105,101    73,654,538    73,051,485
P12- Profit and Loss Statement  
Sum of Pax Rev (000) -1.14E+07 -1.20E+07 -1.28E+07 -1.32E+07 -1.32E+07 -1.41E+07 -1.19E+07 -1.07E+07 -1.03E+07 -1.08E+07 -1.13E+07 -1.17E+07 -1.28E+07
Sum of Charter Pax (000)  $     (14,391)  $     (18,736)  $     (22,890)  $     (33,005)  $     (28,812)  $     (12,079)  $             -    $     (49,952)  $    (167,206)  $     (87,203)  $     (74,070)  $     (75,213)  $     (77,339)
Sum of Transport Related Rev (000)  $    (459,961)  $    (609,428)  $    (594,599)  $    (566,795)  $    (809,047)  $    (540,632)  $    (546,002)  $    (788,605)  $ (1,010,390)  $ (2,277,918)  $ (3,720,665)  $ (4,707,982)  $ (5,197,497)
Sum of Cargo Rev (000)  $    (397,948)  $    (369,778)  $    (422,042)  $    (433,828)  $    (432,737)  $    (434,694)  $    (408,254)  $    (402,435)  $    (408,302)  $    (474,474)  $    (521,304)  $    (537,592)  $    (541,472)
Sum of Total Rev (000) -1.26E+07 -1.33E+07 -1.42E+07 -1.46E+07 -1.49E+07 -1.53E+07 -1.32E+07 -1.24E+07 -1.42E+07 -1.52E+07 -1.61E+07 -1.73E+07 -1.92E+07
P52- Functional Grouping Operating Expense Data  
Sum of Pilots And Copilots (000)  $  1,079,521  $  1,091,295  $  1,069,941  $  1,066,856  $  1,161,402  $  1,373,459  $  1,507,010  $  1,399,745  $  1,412,253  $  1,420,513  $     961,342  $     726,189  $     760,175
Sum of Other Flight Personnel (000)  $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -    $             -  
Sum of Trainees And Instructors (000)  $      66,025  $      74,562  $     107,185  $      93,641  $      96,495  $     144,432  $     144,545  $      73,900  $      44,389  $      38,645  $      14,938  $        7,744  $      10,204
Sum of Personnel Expenses (000)  $      61,481  $      60,639  $      67,202  $      76,654  $      83,535  $      89,067  $      95,081  $      84,303  $      78,879  $      80,565  $      71,402  $      67,270  $      81,872
Sum of Employee Benefits And Pensions (000)  $     219,023  $     474,103  $     184,849  $     181,361  $     121,607  $      75,853  $      78,234  $     363,950  $     597,709  $     584,916  $     477,918  $     430,805  $     105,519
Sum of Taxes-Payroll (000)  $      72,123  $      58,277  $      69,174  $      53,207  $      47,032  $      73,998  $      68,500  $      72,963  $      68,094  $      68,093  $      55,220  $      45,523  $      30,469
Sum of Total Flight Equipment Maintenance (Memo) (000)  $     900,499  $     860,431  $     996,966  $  1,087,297  $  1,197,420  $  1,450,075  $  1,387,393  $  1,220,356  $  1,068,333  $  1,135,841  $  1,073,685  $  1,064,204  $  1,179,953
Sum of Flying Operations-Aircraft Fuels (000)  $  1,364,699  $  1,646,835  $  1,665,361  $  1,386,244  $  1,382,948  $  1,771,126  $  1,698,287  $  1,462,053  $  1,601,292  $  2,411,963  $  3,646,949  $  4,031,407  $  4,444,443