System Total Labor and Related Expense per Available Seat Mile (LCASM)
Cents per Available Seat Mile
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
American		3.70	3.37	3.51	3.71	3.76	4.17	4.55	4.82	4.31	3.72	3.65	3.72	3.78
Continental		2.43	2.64	2.79	3.04	3.10	3.30	3.45	3.51	3.63	3.42	3.07	3.07	3.16
Delta		3.25	3.43	3.34	3.36	3.44	3.72	4.10	4.31	4.79	4.38	3.34	3.00	2.95
Northwest		3.46	3.29	3.24	3.71	3.56	3.65	4.15	4.24	4.45	4.27	4.19	3.25	3.05
United		3.34	3.49	3.74	3.75	3.86	4.16	4.73	4.94	4.07	3.60	3.03	3.15	3.19
US Airways		4.88	5.49	5.37	5.32	5.56	5.34	5.62	5.35	4.75	4.17	2.81	2.87	3.21
America West		2.06	1.90	1.89	1.98	2.07	2.21	2.42	2.34	2.47	2.30	2.43	-	-
--sub Network		3.45	3.48	3.53	3.65	3.71	3.95	4.35	4.48	4.25	3.83	3.35	3.23	3.27
Southwest		2.51	2.62	2.71	2.88	2.94	2.99	3.02	3.06	3.25	3.34	3.32	3.45	3.39
jetBlue		-	-	-	-	-	2.59	2.16	2.17	2.12	1.95	1.96	2.12	2.18
AirTran		-	-	1.52	2.18	2.20	2.53	2.65	2.57	2.47	2.46	2.33	2.24	2.18
Frontier		1.60	1.36	1.38	1.42	1.60	1.99	2.19	2.45	2.34	2.35	2.47	2.37	2.30
ATA		1.28	1.46	1.56	1.71	1.93	2.09	2.22	2.15	2.11	2.15	2.38	2.80	1.25
-- sub LCC		2.18	2.26	2.40	2.55	2.63	2.74	2.79	2.78	2.82	2.83	2.86	2.96	2.83
Alaska		2.59	2.73	2.99	3.05	3.21	3.53	3.82	3.85	3.92	3.89	3.50	3.47	3.36
Hawaiian		2.43	2.21	2.19	2.23	2.32	2.28	2.51	3.27	3.10	3.25	3.03	2.97	2.56
Midwest		3.33	3.79	4.11	4.40	4.15	4.55	4.90	4.62	4.22	3.58	2.94	2.76	2.76
-- sub Other		2.62	2.71	2.91	3.01	3.11	3.31	3.58	3.80	3.76	3.71	3.32	3.26	3.09
Total All Sectors		3.34	3.36	3.43	3.54	3.59	3.81	4.15	4.24	4.01	3.67	3.27	3.19	3.18
Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable.
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule T2 & P6.