| Total Management and Other Employee Equivalents | |||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
| American | 13,663 | 8,513 | 9,296 | 10,006 | 10,729 | 10,518 | 11,235 | 11,736 | 8,400 | 8,307 | 7,669 | 7,321 | 7,338 | 7,131 | |
| Continental | 8,286 | 8,503 | 9,239 | 10,259 | 11,144 | 11,365 | 10,864 | 9,295 | 10,072 | 8,823 | 7,992 | 8,643 | 8,873 | 8,572 | |
| Delta | 8,242 | 6,840 | 6,746 | 7,293 | 7,693 | 7,616 | 8,961 | 14,858 | 13,750 | 13,355 | 11,611 | 9,738 | 9,264 | 8,388 | |
| Northwest | 7,194 | 7,334 | 7,543 | 7,737 | 7,980 | 8,123 | 7,641 | 6,563 | 5,943 | 5,439 | 5,466 | 5,106 | 5,326 | 5,466 | |
| United | 23,520 | 27,236 | 17,897 | 18,317 | 20,721 | 25,309 | 26,441 | 12,738 | 9,409 | 4,665 | 4,358 | 3,714 | 3,817 | 2,972 | |
| US Airways | 7,862 | 7,698 | 7,453 | 6,545 | 7,342 | 7,018 | 5,273 | 4,664 | 4,317 | 4,087 | 3,242 | 6,536 | 6,050 | 5,599 | |
| America West | 3,244 | 2,985 | 3,311 | 3,625 | 3,748 | 3,209 | 3,015 | 2,947 | 3,213 | 3,111 | 2,991 | - | - | - | |
| --sub Network | 72,011 | 69,109 | 61,485 | 63,782 | 69,357 | 73,158 | 73,430 | 62,801 | 55,104 | 47,787 | 43,329 | 41,058 | 40,668 | 38,128 | |
| Southwest | 1,932 | 2,305 | 2,520 | - | 3,284 | 3,491 | 4,060 | 4,457 | 4,602 | 4,427 | 4,256 | 4,099 | 4,283 | 4,471 | |
| jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | 440 | 257 | 348 | 597 | 1,019 | 1,403 | 1,601 | 1,633 | 1,732 | |
| AirTran | - | - | 59 | 716 | 946 | 962 | 955 | 919 | 956 | 1,147 | 1,175 | 1,223 | 1,388 | 1,350 | |
| Frontier | 52 | 62 | 76 | 91 | 178 | 232 | 241 | 275 | 306 | 399 | 379 | 410 | 511 | 448 | |
| Allegiant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 65 | 41 | 57 | 80 | 121 | 135 | |
| --sub LCC | 1,984 | 2,367 | 2,655 | 807 | 4,408 | 5,125 | 5,513 | 5,999 | 6,526 | 7,033 | 7,270 | 7,413 | 7,936 | 8,136 | |
| Alaska | 1,132 | 1,187 | 1,227 | 1,302 | 1,342 | 1,426 | 1,501 | 1,494 | 1,526 | 1,199 | 1,669 | 1,499 | 1,639 | 1,584 | |
| Hawaiian | 357 | 399 | 407 | 434 | 29 | 467 | 477 | 477 | 477 | 465 | 538 | 495 | 446 | - | |
| Midwest | 248 | 283 | 361 | - | 487 | 694 | 598 | 566 | 346 | 324 | 301 | 345 | 407 | 382 | |
| -- sub Other | 1,737 | 1,869 | 1,995 | 1,736 | 1,858 | 2,587 | 2,576 | 2,537 | 2,349 | 1,988 | 2,508 | 2,339 | 2,492 | 1,966 | |
| Total All Sectors | 75,732 | 73,345 | 66,135 | 66,325 | 75,623 | 80,870 | 81,519 | 71,337 | 63,979 | 56,808 | 53,107 | 50,810 | 51,096 | 48,230 | |
| Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable. | |||||||||||||||
| Data Source: US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P10. | |||||||||||||||