American Airlines Employee Data and Analysis
American Airlines
  1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008  
Traffic Indicies  
Stage Length in Miles (for SLA purposes)               1,162              1,170              1,193              1,200              1,164              1,179              1,117              1,173              1,251              1,248              1,262              1,251              1,254
Seats Per Departure (for SDA purposes)                 167                 165                 164                 164                 159                 156                 155                 159                 166                 172                 175                 177                 177
Price Per Gallon of Fuel  $            0.63  $            0.62  $            0.50  $            0.50  $            0.72  $            0.78  $            0.70  $            0.82  $            1.15  $            1.68  $            1.94  $            2.05  $            2.95
Airborne Hours / Block Hours 86% 86% 86% 86% 85% 85% 85% 86% 86% 87% 87% 87% 86%
Outsourcing Indicies  
Maintenance $'s Outsourced 18.8% 16.4% 20.7% 25.5% 25.3% 24.6% 22.5% 22.0% 25.8% 24.8% 24.3% 25.5% 25.4%
Other Outsourcing as % of  Total Exp. (ex-Fuel) 9.4% 9.3% 9.8% 9.7% 10.0% 9.6% 8.2% 10.8% 11.7% 12.1% 12.4% 12.5% 11.9%
Transport Related Expense (000)  $       116,293  $       262,012  $       291,907  $       355,771  $       253,844  $       246,158  $       139,925  $    1,582,717  $    1,898,614  $    2,272,919  $    2,466,643  $    2,549,709  $    2,709,823
Productivity Measures (unadjusted)  
Block Hours Per Employee Per Month
Pilots & Co-Pilots (note: Includes Flight Engineers where applicable)                46.4                47.4                48.5                45.5                44.0                39.4                38.6                40.5                44.0                47.0                48.3                48.2                46.6
Flight Attendants (note: Avg Crew = 1 FA per 50 seats)                37.1                36.9                36.0                31.8                32.1                31.2                34.5                37.9                41.5                42.7                43.7                43.6                43.0
Maintenance                16.7                15.9                14.5                14.0                14.3                13.5                13.1                13.1                13.1                14.5                14.5                14.4                13.4
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling                 6.1                 6.1                 6.3                 6.0                 6.2                 6.2                 6.7                 7.2                 8.1                 8.1                 8.0                 7.8                 7.7
Other                23.0                21.4                20.0                19.2                20.7                18.7                20.3                26.3                26.5                28.0                28.5                27.6                27.4
Total                 2.5                 2.5                 2.4                 2.3                 2.3                 2.3                 2.4                 2.6                 2.8                 2.8                 2.8                 2.8                 2.7
ASMs Per Employee (000)
Pilots & Co-Pilots         17,064.6         17,324.0         17,621.9         16,829.8         15,472.2         13,980.6         13,979.0         15,217.3         17,524.6         19,407.3         20,300.5         20,364.6         19,688.0
Flight Attendants           8,710.3           8,701.2           8,540.6           7,596.9           7,478.2           7,354.3           8,063.6           8,968.8           9,952.1         10,248.6         10,513.3         10,443.9         10,244.9
Maintenance         13,076.3         12,332.6         11,280.7         10,942.4         10,637.1           9,887.5           9,468.7           9,865.3         10,408.7         11,984.6         12,172.4         12,153.2         11,294.2
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling           4,744.0           4,737.6           4,899.1           4,705.9           4,592.3           4,540.1           4,869.8           5,444.5           6,450.3           6,685.7           6,689.3           6,563.2           6,529.1
Other         18,029.0         16,629.6         15,587.8         15,018.1         15,380.6         13,704.3         14,728.6         19,783.8         21,058.0         23,098.4         23,919.8         23,322.1         23,103.8
Total           1,936.5           1,927.8           1,883.1           1,780.0           1,737.8           1,660.5           1,740.2           1,949.0           2,191.2           2,349.2           2,391.7           2,365.7           2,305.7
Employees Per Aircraft
Pilots & Co-Pilots (Crews)                 6.5                 6.5                 6.4                 6.7                 7.0                 7.5                 7.5                 7.2                 7.1                 6.4                 6.3                 6.3                 6.4
Flight Attendants (Crews)                 8.1                 8.3                 8.6                 9.6                 9.5                 9.4                 8.4                 7.7                 7.6                 7.1                 6.9                 7.0                 6.9
Maintenance (Inhouse)                18.1                19.4                21.4                21.8                21.4                21.8                22.2                22.2                24.0                20.8                20.9                21.2                22.4
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling (Inhouse)                49.8                50.5                49.3                50.6                49.5                47.5                43.2                40.2                38.8                37.2                38.0                39.3                38.7
Other (Inhouse)                13.1                14.4                15.5                15.8                14.8                15.7                14.3                11.1                11.9                10.8                10.6                11.0                10.9
Total              121.9              124.2              128.4              133.7              130.9              129.8              120.9              112.3              114.2              105.9              106.3              108.9              109.5
Passengers Per Employee
Pilots & Co-Pilots              8,866              9,132              9,245              8,550              8,300              7,133              7,641              8,187              9,227            10,811            11,456            11,772            11,175
Flight Attendants              4,526              4,587              4,481              3,859              4,011              3,752              4,408              4,825              5,240              5,709              5,933              6,037              5,815
Maintenance              6,794              6,501              5,918              5,559              5,706              5,045              5,176              5,308              5,481              6,676              6,869              7,025              6,410
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling              2,465              2,497              2,570              2,391              2,463              2,316              2,662              2,929              3,396              3,724              3,775              3,794              3,706
Other              9,367              8,766              8,178              7,630              8,250              6,992              8,051            10,644            11,088            12,867            13,498            13,481            13,114
Total              1,006              1,016                 988                 904                 932                 847                 951              1,049              1,154              1,309              1,350              1,368              1,309
Productivity Measures Revenue  
Passenger Revenue Per Employee (000)
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $       1,522.4  $       1,607.6  $       1,666.7  $       1,516.4  $       1,572.9  $       1,285.0  $       1,170.4  $       1,311.2  $       1,509.0  $       1,826.3  $       2,081.6  $       2,168.1  $       2,193.6
Flight Attendants  $          777.1  $          807.5  $          807.8  $          684.5  $          760.2  $          676.0  $          675.1  $          772.8  $          857.0  $          964.4  $       1,078.0  $       1,111.9  $       1,141.5
Maintenance  $       1,166.6  $       1,144.4  $       1,066.9  $          985.9  $       1,081.4  $          908.8  $          792.8  $          850.0  $          896.3  $       1,127.8  $       1,248.1  $       1,293.9  $       1,258.4
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling  $          423.2  $          439.6  $          463.4  $          424.0  $          466.9  $          417.3  $          407.7  $          469.1  $          555.4  $          629.2  $          685.9  $          698.7  $          727.5
Other  $       1,608.5  $       1,543.2  $       1,474.3  $       1,353.1  $       1,563.6  $       1,259.6  $       1,233.2  $       1,704.6  $       1,813.3  $       2,173.6  $       2,452.7  $       2,482.9  $       2,574.2
Total  $          172.8  $          178.9  $          178.1  $          160.4  $          176.7  $          152.6  $          145.7  $          167.9  $          188.7  $          221.1  $          245.2  $          251.9  $          256.9
Salary and Benefits  
Average Salary
Management and All Other  $        83,752  $        58,114  $        58,465  $        63,936  $        69,106  $        82,955  $        76,717  $        38,216  $        40,453  $        58,877  $        74,023  $        85,270  $        67,936
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $       116,470  $       131,651  $       137,971  $       130,099  $       132,477  $       123,244  $       126,335  $       130,019  $       129,947  $       137,734  $       138,290  $       138,743  $       138,792
Flight Attendants  $        30,482  $        34,908  $        37,377  $        32,572  $        34,288  $        35,071  $        42,242  $        47,851  $        45,893  $        46,191  $        47,249  $        47,628  $        49,776
Maintenance  $        32,218  $        52,149  $        48,235  $        45,302  $        49,078  $        49,318  $        57,112  $        57,830  $        51,869  $        54,645  $        54,435  $        55,048  $        56,005
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling  $        37,250  $        35,207  $        37,057  $        34,812  $        38,506  $        38,245  $        40,788  $        38,399  $        38,806  $        39,541  $        40,400  $        41,412  $        42,936
Total  $        49,007  $        51,630  $        52,375  $        49,538  $        53,281  $        54,927  $        59,012  $        56,008  $        54,686  $        57,889  $        59,631  $        61,261  $        60,884
Other Compensation Per Employee (All Employees)
Benefits, Pensions and Payroll Taxes
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $        29,119  $        32,749  $        35,149  $        34,113  $        36,028  $        36,115  $        42,634  $        44,167  $        45,852  $        52,998  $        60,493  $        61,500  $        52,998
All Others  $          7,903  $          6,392  $          6,590  $          6,973  $          7,952  $          8,910  $        13,423  $        16,810  $        15,654  $        15,079  $        15,529  $        13,733  $        14,935
Total  $        10,311  $          9,325  $          9,642  $          9,843  $        11,105  $        12,141  $        17,059  $        20,314  $        19,430  $        19,669  $        20,826  $        19,282  $        19,393
Personnel
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $          7,960  $          9,516  $        10,066  $        11,075  $        11,256  $        10,294  $          8,694  $          8,592  $          9,065  $          9,750  $        10,036  $        10,799  $        11,533
Flight Attendents  $          8,949  $          9,142  $        13,947  $        13,535  $        14,817  $        15,135  $        12,908  $          9,523  $          9,475  $          9,830  $        10,765  $        11,821  $        12,308
Payroll Taxes
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $          6,157  $          6,227  $          6,635  $          6,258  $          6,520  $          6,262  $          7,111  $        11,077  $        10,654  $        10,131  $          8,462  $          8,335  $          8,580
All Others  $          2,754  $          3,321  $          3,405  $          2,864  $          3,066  $          3,487  $          3,396  $          3,597  $          3,346  $          4,061  $          4,299  $          4,385  $          4,462
Raw Data  
Number of Months 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Number of Days 366 365 365 365 366 365 365 365 366 365 365 365 365
P10- Employee Count Data  
Sum of General Management                  43                  38                  40                  43                  46                  48                  54                  44                  49                  44                  45                  46                  53                  53
Sum of Pilots and Co-Pilots              8,391              8,369              8,326              8,174              8,987              9,816            10,586            12,297            10,857              9,929              9,074              8,572              8,343              8,306
Sum of Other Flight Personnel                 609                 585                 559                 639                 546                 592                 374                  22                   -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -  
Sum of Passenger and General Services            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            15,962
Sum of Maintenance            10,483            11,685            12,481            13,767            14,662            15,139            15,497            18,187            16,747            16,717            14,694            14,296            13,980            14,479
Sum of AC Handling 1                   -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -  
Sum of Aircraft Handling              2,117              2,080              2,128              1,866              1,865              1,622              1,520              1,435                 624                 281                 240                 223                 216                 210
Sum of Aircraft Control                 356                 350                 350                 576                 621                 650                 656                 718                 231                 248                 229                 227                 228                 208
Sum of Passenger Handling            16,055            16,504            16,686            16,139            17,290            17,783            16,722            17,363            15,461            14,698            14,540            14,254            14,255            13,865
Sum of Cargo Handling            13,776            13,274            13,326            13,119            14,317            15,011            14,852            15,846            14,029            11,749            11,331            11,310            11,188            10,763
Sum of Trainees and Instructors                 443                 458                 272                 351                 380                 418                 471                 450                 353                 311                 246                 215                 229                 260
Sum of Stats              7,785              6,153              6,236              7,677              7,813              7,840              8,260              8,577              7,556              7,547              6,984              6,689              6,739              6,538
Sum of Traffic Solicitors                 494                 513                 549                 600                 588                 575                 744                 686                 219                 254                 261                 238                 186                 166
Sum of Other              4,898                 923              1,634                 739                 937                 839                 908              1,173                 223                 151                 133                 133                 131                 114
Sum of Transport Related                   -                   428                 565                 596                 965                 798                 798                 806                   -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -  
Sum of Total            83,463            78,902            79,842            82,470            90,136            92,665            92,277            98,960            84,770            79,410            74,962            72,757            71,818            70,923
P6- Objective Grouping Operating Expense Data  
Sum of Salaries-General Management Personnel (000)  $        10,675  $        12,293  $        55,661  $        55,729  $        35,128  $        49,289  $        24,753  $        33,155  $        46,584  $        47,425  $       139,309  $       216,767  $       138,896  $        68,439
Sum of Salaries-Flight Personnel (000)  $    1,532,730  $    1,577,584  $    1,787,239  $    1,895,608  $    1,928,116  $    2,117,180  $    2,081,463  $    2,458,453  $    2,293,082  $    2,092,629  $    2,043,490  $    1,967,489  $    1,932,339  $    1,947,330
Sum of Salaries-Maintenance Labor (000)  $       375,857  $       376,463  $       650,872  $       664,054  $       664,216  $       742,991  $       764,283  $    1,038,701  $       968,483  $       867,097  $       802,957  $       778,208  $       769,568  $       810,890
Sum of Salaries-Aircraft And Traffic Handling Personnel (000)  $    1,248,339  $    1,199,751  $    1,143,878  $    1,174,694  $    1,186,829  $    1,350,255  $    1,290,759  $    1,442,351  $    1,165,216  $    1,046,832  $    1,041,501  $    1,050,976  $    1,072,030  $    1,075,387
Sum of Salaries-Other Personnel (000)  $       889,472  $       700,690  $       484,570  $       529,272  $       650,843  $       677,568  $       907,248  $       867,191  $       274,433  $       288,615  $       312,216  $       325,153  $       486,816  $       416,013
Sum of Salaries-Total (000)  $    4,057,073  $    3,866,781  $    4,122,220  $    4,319,357  $    4,465,132  $    4,937,283  $    5,068,506  $    5,839,851  $    4,747,798  $    4,342,598  $    4,339,473  $    4,338,593  $    4,399,649  $    4,318,059
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Personnel Expense (000)  $       226,942  $       228,256  $       246,268  $       342,314  $       391,414  $       436,223  $       428,156  $       382,770  $       268,706  $       255,673  $       257,387  $       264,218  $       282,388  $       292,258
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Employee Benefits And Pensions (000)  $    1,186,679  $       813,524  $       744,513  $       795,170  $       887,218  $    1,029,077  $    1,120,334  $    1,688,170  $    1,722,007  $    1,542,931  $    1,474,429  $    1,515,252  $    1,384,771  $    1,375,412
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Payroll Taxes (000)  $       271,756  $       247,760  $       291,001  $       309,246  $       290,465  $       320,104  $       352,183  $       381,875  $       386,108  $       338,275  $       359,476  $       348,460  $       347,865  $       350,677
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Total (000)  $    1,685,377  $    1,289,540  $    1,281,782  $    1,446,730  $    1,569,097  $    1,785,404  $    1,900,673  $    2,452,815  $    2,376,821  $    2,136,879  $    2,091,292  $    2,127,930  $    2,015,024  $    2,018,347
Sum of Total Salaries And Related Fringe Benefits (000)  $    5,742,450  $    5,156,321  $    5,404,002  $    5,766,087  $    6,034,229  $    6,722,687  $    6,969,179  $    8,292,666  $    7,124,619  $    6,479,477  $    6,430,765  $    6,466,523  $    6,414,673  $    6,336,406
Sum of Services Purchased-Advertising And Other Promotions (000)  $       196,352  $       177,859  $       168,850  $       187,869  $       192,638  $       212,104  $       203,925  $       168,808  $       149,302  $       145,898  $       144,371  $       157,936  $       164,175  $       685,142
Sum of Services Purchased-Communication (000)  $       365,087  $       337,229  $       312,628  $       322,216  $       331,563  $       332,363  $       388,179  $       365,659  $       209,479  $       201,697  $       251,525  $       256,421  $       266,933  $       285,741
Sum of Services Purchased-Insurance (000)  $        70,227  $        76,241  $        84,290  $        62,455  $        40,487  $        50,655  $        68,564  $       290,207  $       215,675  $       169,254  $       143,358  $       127,985  $       104,889  $        91,346
Sum of Services Purchased-Outside Flight Equipment Maintenance (000)  $       203,629  $       226,496  $       241,916  $       317,981  $       394,336  $       434,126  $       438,518  $       501,979  $       404,935  $       482,999  $       472,722  $       480,091  $       500,271  $       555,859
Sum of Services Purchased-Traffic Commissions -Passenger (000)  $    1,221,984  $    1,168,900  $    1,200,140  $    1,146,190  $    1,066,664  $       962,430  $       721,994  $       501,689  $       418,716  $       436,059  $       400,738  $       350,471  $       341,735  $       331,158
Sum of Services Purchased-Traffic Commissions-Cargo (000)  $        14,515  $        12,659  $        11,814  $        12,317  $        10,765  $        10,690  $          5,267  $          4,776  $          9,183  $        11,469  $        10,700  $        10,203  $        10,321  $        10,273
Sum of Services Purchased-Other Services (000)  $    1,410,940  $    1,136,027  $    1,175,530  $    1,292,677  $    1,327,980  $    1,466,442  $    1,530,392  $    1,386,251  $    1,770,187  $    1,815,269  $    1,939,306  $    2,001,981  $    2,035,277  $    2,124,706
Sum of Services Purchased-Total (000)  $    3,482,734  $    3,135,411  $    3,195,168  $    3,341,705  $    3,364,433  $    3,468,810  $    3,356,839  $    3,219,231  $    3,177,477  $    3,262,645  $    3,362,720  $    3,385,088  $    3,423,601  $    3,553,975
Sum of Transport Related Expense (000) 78716 116293 262012 291907 355771 253844 246158 139925 1582717 1898614 2272919 2466643 2549709 2709823
Sum of Total Operating Expense (000)  $  14,642,381  $  13,805,158  $  14,408,792  $  14,550,463  $  15,086,486  $  16,874,131  $  18,196,603  $  19,183,532  $  18,847,340  $  19,028,565  $  21,007,890  $  21,677,783  $  22,130,659  $  25,750,389
T1 & T2- Traffic Data  
Sum of RPMs 1.03E+11 1.05E+11 1.07E+11 1.09E+11 1.12E+11 1.17E+11 1.06E+11 1.22E+11 1.20E+11 1.30E+11 1.38E+11 1.39E+11 1.38E+11 1.32E+11
Sum of ASMs 1.55E+11 1.53E+11 1.54E+11 1.55E+11 1.60E+11 1.61E+11 1.53E+11 1.72E+11 1.65E+11 1.74E+11 1.76E+11 1.74E+11 1.70E+11 1.64E+11
Sum of Miles 9.21E+08 9.16E+08 9.33E+08 9.45E+08 9.81E+08 1.01E+09 9.85E+08 1.11E+09 1.04E+09 1.05E+09 1.02E+09 9.96E+08 9.61E+08 9.22E+08
Sum of Depts          823,491          788,446          797,138          792,413          817,866          868,147          835,451          994,648          887,114          837,975          821,043          789,342          768,786          735,802
Sum of Airborne Hours        2,013,809        2,006,565        2,039,551        2,058,564        2,106,503        2,209,094        2,140,252        2,430,974        2,265,522        2,251,820        2,229,470        2,163,982        2,088,671        2,006,971
Sum of Block Hours        2,343,944        2,342,414        2,376,103        2,389,938        2,462,064        2,600,177        2,505,904        2,848,599        2,635,762        2,622,919        2,561,438        2,483,766        2,410,658        2,323,156
Sum of AC Days          237,046          236,808          234,616          234,468          246,014          259,077          259,560          298,692          275,492          254,504          258,380          249,887          240,721          236,451
Sum of Gallons 2.75E+09 2.73E+09 2.77E+09 2.83E+09 2.90E+09 3.05E+09 2.89E+09 3.18E+09 2.96E+09 3.01E+09 2.95E+09 2.88E+09 2.83E+09 2.69E+09
Sum of Passengers      79,567,182      79,387,628      81,138,330      81,476,833      81,507,894      86,382,135      78,178,705      94,130,352      88,888,929      91,619,665      98,098,330      98,200,398      98,212,274      92,817,605
P12- Profit and Loss Statement  
Sum of Pax Rev (000) -1.33E+07 -1.36E+07 -1.43E+07 -1.47E+07 -1.45E+07 -1.64E+07 -1.41E+07 -1.44E+07 -1.42E+07 -1.50E+07 -1.66E+07 -1.78E+07 -1.81E+07 -1.82E+07
Sum of Charter Pax (000)  $         (8,944)  $       (12,761)  $       (10,925)  $         (6,972)  $         (9,899)  $       (10,192)  $       (16,600)  $       (21,210)  $       (96,339)  $       (37,821)  $       (42,168)  $       (18,239)  $       (12,587)  $       (13,610)
Sum of Transport Related Rev (000)  $   (1,486,128)  $      (663,531)  $      (739,056)  $      (792,081)  $      (828,158)  $      (860,540)  $      (795,775)  $      (765,685)  $   (2,359,714)  $   (2,799,873)  $   (3,249,265)  $   (3,594,062)  $   (3,703,164)  $   (4,231,455)
Sum of Cargo Rev (000)  $      (551,899)  $      (548,462)  $      (552,296)  $      (534,172)  $      (523,998)  $      (593,903)  $      (521,490)  $      (488,774)  $      (522,121)  $      (585,105)  $      (602,215)  $      (813,438)  $      (816,102)  $   (1,021,536)
Sum of Total Rev (000) -1.56E+07 -1.51E+07 -1.59E+07 -1.63E+07 -1.61E+07 -1.81E+07 -1.56E+07 -1.59E+07 -1.74E+07 -1.86E+07 -2.07E+07 -2.25E+07 -2.28E+07 -2.37E+07
P52- Functional Grouping Operating Expense Data  
Sum of Pilots And Copilots (000)  $       969,025  $    1,012,550  $    1,126,668  $    1,171,330  $    1,221,990  $    1,357,500  $    1,335,860  $    1,554,513  $    1,411,617  $    1,290,243  $    1,249,795  $    1,185,420  $    1,157,533  $    1,152,808
Sum of Other Flight Personnel (000)  $        40,687  $        30,319  $        43,052  $        44,612  $        18,246  $        21,317  $        14,897  $          1,810  $               -    $               -    $               -    $               -    $               -    $               -  
Sum of Trainees And Instructors (000)  $        33,941  $        36,584  $       104,555  $       126,529  $       167,475  $       195,829  $       208,159  $       172,464  $        62,259  $        66,376  $        51,116  $        45,616  $        51,647  $        64,185
Sum of Personnel Expenses (000)  $        70,963  $        71,274  $        84,550  $        88,709  $       105,574  $       117,154  $       112,825  $       107,100  $        93,288  $        90,005  $        88,474  $        86,028  $        90,092  $        95,797
Sum of Employee Benefits And Pensions (000)  $       269,558  $       260,736  $       290,974  $       309,768  $       325,196  $       374,976  $       395,816  $       525,207  $       479,518  $       455,260  $       480,902  $       518,547  $       513,094  $       440,203
Sum of Taxes-Payroll (000)  $        53,759  $        55,134  $        55,323  $        58,477  $        59,654  $        67,864  $        68,628  $        87,606  $       120,261  $       105,780  $        91,929  $        72,533  $        69,543  $        71,268
Sum of Total Flight Equipment Maintenance (Memo) (000)  $    1,102,683  $    1,204,803  $    1,476,475  $    1,537,924  $    1,548,636  $    1,714,584  $    1,786,200  $    2,229,005  $    1,844,576  $    1,868,970  $    1,904,141  $    1,976,929  $    1,961,909  $    2,186,197
Sum of Flying Operations-Aircraft Fuels (000)  $    1,478,350  $    1,730,633  $    1,722,328  $    1,415,644  $    1,445,977  $    2,202,715  $    2,244,420  $    2,238,445  $    2,418,391  $    3,471,670  $    4,958,284  $    5,585,092  $    5,809,372  $    7,960,199