| Total Pilot and Copilot Employee Equivalents | |||||||||||||||
| 1st 9 Mos. | |||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
| American | 9,000 | 8,954 | 8,885 | 8,813 | 9,533 | 10,408 | 10,960 | 12,319 | 10,857 | 9,929 | 9,074 | 8,572 | 8,343 | ||
| Continental | 3,770 | 3,366 | 3,635 | 4,216 | 4,605 | 4,656 | 4,571 | 4,209 | 3,852 | 3,943 | 4,184 | 4,408 | 4,598 | ||
| Delta | 8,348 | 8,143 | 8,152 | 8,753 | 8,072 | 9,123 | 8,103 | 8,074 | 7,155 | 6,786 | 6,181 | 5,706 | 5,904 | ||
| Northwest | 4,903 | 5,193 | 5,407 | 5,151 | 5,822 | 5,981 | 6,103 | 5,534 | 5,112 | 4,942 | 4,995 | 4,531 | 4,340 | ||
| United | 7,613 | 7,862 | 9,083 | 10,014 | 11,754 | 11,404 | 11,262 | 7,992 | 7,688 | 6,374 | 6,133 | 6,277 | 6,338 | ||
| US Airways | 4,662 | 4,575 | 4,521 | 4,482 | 4,844 | 5,330 | 4,791 | 3,828 | 3,147 | 2,967 | 2,599 | 4,935 | 4,278 | ||
| America West | 1,107 | 1,260 | 1,364 | 1,494 | 1,890 | 1,641 | 1,650 | 1,675 | 1,727 | 1,851 | 1,850 | - | - | ||
| --sub Network | 39,403 | 39,353 | 41,047 | 42,923 | 46,520 | 48,543 | 47,440 | 43,631 | 39,538 | 36,792 | 35,016 | 34,429 | 33,801 | ||
| Southwest | 2,025 | 2,243 | 2,414 | - | 2,962 | 3,316 | 3,725 | 3,966 | 4,022 | 4,197 | 4,535 | 4,845 | 5,317 | ||
| jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | 203 | 252 | 371 | 591 | 809 | 1,059 | 1,451 | 1,707 | ||
| AirTran | - | - | 251 | 429 | 495 | 547 | 642 | 767 | 860 | 902 | 1,133 | 1,325 | 1,498 | ||
| Frontier | 42 | 91 | 288 | 356 | 489 | 547 | 314 | 389 | 489 | 542 | 599 | 655 | 704 | ||
| Allegiant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41 | 75 | 141 | 178 | 268 | ||
| -- sub LCC | 2,067 | 2,334 | 2,953 | 785 | 3,946 | 4,613 | 4,933 | 5,493 | 6,003 | 6,525 | 7,467 | 8,454 | 9,494 | ||
| Alaska | 892 | 988 | 1,074 | 2,724 | 2,910 | 1,239 | 1,345 | 1,329 | 1,348 | 1,440 | 1,331 | 1,367 | 1,385 | ||
| Hawaiian | 258 | 260 | 268 | 287 | 14 | 405 | 398 | 398 | 398 | 307 | 280 | 312 | 332 | ||
| Midwest | 157 | 225 | 235 | - | 340 | 353 | 297 | 340 | 290 | 308 | 347 | 378 | 411 | ||
| -- sub Other | 1,307 | 1,473 | 1,577 | 3,011 | 3,264 | 1,997 | 2,040 | 2,067 | 2,036 | 2,055 | 1,958 | 2,057 | 2,128 | ||
| Total All Sectors | 42,777 | 43,160 | 45,577 | 46,719 | 53,730 | 55,153 | 54,413 | 51,191 | 47,577 | 45,372 | 44,441 | 44,940 | 45,423 | ||
| Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable. | |||||||||||||||
| Data Source: US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P10. | |||||||||||||||