Carrier Detail Cockpit Cost Per Block Hour Summary09
American
Total Cockpit Cost per Block Hour Flown
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Pilots		$613	$626	$718	$753	$771	$821	$852	$860	$822	$765	$766	$768	$781	$785	$819
Salaries and Wages		$431	$445	$492	$509	$504	$530	$539	$546	$536	$492	$488	$477	$480	$496	$518
Pilot Training		$14	$16	$44	$53	$68	$75	$83	$61	$24	$25	$20	$18	$21	$28	$31
Benefits and Payroll Taxes		$138	$135	$146	$154	$156	$170	$185	$215	$228	$214	$224	$238	$242	$220	$229
Per Diem/ Personnel		$30	$30	$36	$37	$43	$45	$45	$38	$35	$34	$35	$35	$37	$41	$41
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41, schedule P5.2 & T2 via Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Pilot Cost includes: salaries and wages, benefits and pensions, payroll taxes and personnel expenses impacted by collective bargaining terms.
Note:  Data is total cockpit cost and is not per pilot.  To calculate per pilot cost, simply divide by 2.  No assumption is made for relief pilot staffing.
Continental
Total Cockpit Cost per Block Hour Flown
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Pilots		$400	$415	$472	$602	$642	$651	$653	$552	$728	$680	$606	$544	$547	$577	$667
Salaries and Wages		$330	$342	$393	$518	$555	$563	$560	$467	$455	$460	$415	$384	$408	$433	$487
Pilot Training		$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7	$21	$25
Benefits and Payroll Taxes		$47	$48	$47	$46	$46	$51	$55	$53	$246	$189	$159	$128	$97	$87	$121
Per Diem/ Personnel		$22	$26	$31	$38	$41	$37	$38	$33	$27	$31	$31	$32	$35	$36	$34
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41, schedule P5.2 & T2 via Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Pilot Cost includes: salaries and wages, benefits and pensions, payroll taxes and personnel expenses impacted by collective bargaining terms.
Note:  Data is total cockpit cost and is not per pilot.  To calculate per pilot cost, simply divide by 2.  No assumption is made for relief pilot staffing.
Delta
Total Cockpit Cost per Block Hour Flown
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Pilots		$767	$879	$713	$681	$679	$774	$866	$998	$1,232	$1,134	$822	$739	$562	$609	$770
Salaries and Wages		$553	$545	$509	$494	$522	$605	$689	$700	$790	$735	$500	$420	$432	$459	$552
Pilot Training		$34	$37	$51	$43	$43	$64	$66	$37	$25	$20	$8	$4	$6	$7	$14
Benefits and Payroll Taxes		$149	$266	$121	$109	$76	$66	$67	$219	$373	$338	$277	$275	$77	$96	$154
Per Diem/ Personnel		$31	$30	$32	$35	$38	$39	$43	$42	$44	$42	$37	$39	$47	$48	$50
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41, schedule P5.2 & T2 via Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Pilot Cost includes: salaries and wages, benefits and pensions, payroll taxes and personnel expenses impacted by collective bargaining terms.
Note:  Data is total cockpit cost and is not per pilot.  To calculate per pilot cost, simply divide by 2.  No assumption is made for relief pilot staffing.
Note: Delta and Northwest are assumed as a single carrier in 2009
Northwest
Total Cockpit Cost per Block Hour Flown
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Pilots		$766	$719	$705	$794	$772	$763	$836	$847	$930	$909	$887	$689	$648	$677	-
Salaries and Wages		$587	$502	$490	$560	$519	$541	$584	$582	$609	$596	$519	$416	$450	$449
Pilot Training		$38	$46	$59	$58	$53	$51	$52	$44	$49	$45	$35	$26	$36	$35
Benefits and Payroll Taxes		$105	$135	$118	$134	$157	$126	$157	$183	$233	$230	$295	$207	$121	$146
Per Diem/ Personnel		$36	$37	$39	$43	$43	$45	$44	$39	$38	$37	$38	$40	$42	$48
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41, schedule P5.2 & T2 via Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Pilot Cost includes: salaries and wages, benefits and pensions, payroll taxes and personnel expenses impacted by collective bargaining terms.
Note:  Data is total cockpit cost and is not per pilot.  To calculate per pilot cost, simply divide by 2.  No assumption is made for relief pilot staffing.
Note: Delta and Northwest are assumed as a single carrier in 2009
United
Total Cockpit Cost per Block Hour Flown
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Pilots		$672	$724	$792	$818	$810	$889	$1,086	$1,186	$838	$706	$602	$595	$613	$681	$754
Salaries and Wages		$510	$553	$623	$616	$606	$650	$720	$758	$487	$430	$386	$386	$397	$435	$465
Pilot Training		$29	$23	$26	$23	$26	$26	$32	$31	$19	$13	$12	$9	$11	$11	$15
Benefits and Payroll Taxes		$91	$103	$95	$128	$124	$157	$273	$342	$288	$220	$162	$155	$153	$181	$218
Per Diem/ Personnel		$42	$46	$48	$50	$54	$56	$61	$55	$45	$43	$43	$46	$51	$55	$55
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41, schedule P5.2 & T2 via Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Pilot Cost includes: salaries and wages, benefits and pensions, payroll taxes and personnel expenses impacted by collective bargaining terms.
Note:  Data is total cockpit cost and is not per pilot.  To calculate per pilot cost, simply divide by 2.  No assumption is made for relief pilot staffing.
US Airways
Total Cockpit Cost per Block Hour Flown
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Pilots		$668	$757	$808	$761	$836	$799	$938	$1,047	$878	$728	$482	$496	$520	$569	$567
Salaries and Wages		$442	$469	$468	$478	$472	$436	$545	$543	$510	$396	$310	$329	$332	$373	$373
Pilot Training		$41	$37	$34	$46	$93	$102	$98	$80	$35	$31	$32	$0	$0	$0	$0
Benefits and Payroll Taxes		$157	$222	$277	$204	$231	$224	$257	$391	$305	$273	$114	$143	$155	$160	$160
Per Diem/ Personnel		$29	$29	$29	$33	$40	$38	$38	$34	$29	$28	$27	$24	$33	$35	$34
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41, schedule P5.2 & T2 via Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Pilot Cost includes: salaries and wages, benefits and pensions, payroll taxes and personnel expenses impacted by collective bargaining terms.
Note:  Data is total cockpit cost and is not per pilot.  To calculate per pilot cost, simply divide by 2.  No assumption is made for relief pilot staffing.
America West
Total Cockpit Cost per Block Hour Flown
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Pilots		$308	$326	$343	$369	$377	$402	$420	$409	$441	$473	$473	-	-	-	-
Salaries and Wages		$228	$245	$258	$276	$288	$315	$323	$307	$308	$335	$334			-	-
Pilot Training		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-
Benefits and Payroll Taxes		$59	$58	$62	$66	$67	$72	$75	$73	$105	$110	$110			-	-
Per Diem/ Personnel		$20	$22	$24	$28	$22	$15	$23	$28	$28	$28	$29			-	-
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41, schedule P5.2 & T2 via Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Pilot Cost includes: salaries and wages, benefits and pensions, payroll taxes and personnel expenses impacted by collective bargaining terms.
Note:  Data is total cockpit cost and is not per pilot.  To calculate per pilot cost, simply divide by 2.  No assumption is made for relief pilot staffing.
Southwest
Total Cockpit Cost per Block Hour Flown
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Pilots		$330	$335	$343	$355	$372	$352	$377	$399	$480	$508	$538	$594	$567	$579	$630
Salaries and Wages		$254	$256	$261	$269	$278	$280	$300	$320	$348	$377	$407	$425	$435	$452	$491
Pilot Training		$2	$2	$2	$2	$2	$2	$2	$3	$3	$3	$3	$3	$3	$3	$6
Benefits and Payroll Taxes		$51	$52	$54	$57	$63	$42	$43	$47	$101	$100	$102	$138	$99	$95	$102
Per Diem/ Personnel		$23	$26	$27	$28	$28	$28	$31	$29	$28	$27	$27	$28	$29	$29	$30
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41, schedule P5.2 & T2 via Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Pilot Cost includes: salaries and wages, benefits and pensions, payroll taxes and personnel expenses impacted by collective bargaining terms.
Note:  Data is total cockpit cost and is not per pilot.  To calculate per pilot cost, simply divide by 2.  No assumption is made for relief pilot staffing.
jetBlue
Total Cockpit Cost per Block Hour Flown
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Pilots		$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$283	$358	$413	$411	$366	$364	$410	$437	$452	$525
Salaries and Wages							$193	$213	$273	$265	$261	$270	$290	$302	$312	$367
Pilot Training							$6	$25	$8	$9	$7	$12	$10	$9	$9	$9
Benefits and Payroll Taxes							$33	$81	$92	$104	$67	$48	$74	$90	$97	$117
Per Diem/ Personnel							$52	$40	$39	$33	$30	$34	$36	$36	$34	$32
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41, schedule P5.2 & T2 via Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Pilot Cost includes: salaries and wages, benefits and pensions, payroll taxes and personnel expenses impacted by collective bargaining terms.
Note:  Data is total cockpit cost and is not per pilot.  To calculate per pilot cost, simply divide by 2.  No assumption is made for relief pilot staffing.
AirTran
Total Cockpit Cost per Block Hour Flown
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Pilots		$0	$0	$0	$220	$225	$265	$343	$344	$347	$362	$358	$357	$362	$369	$387
Salaries and Wages		$0	$0	$0	$176	$185	$202	$253	$280	$280	$284	$281	$276	$280	$286	$299
Pilot Training		$0	$0	$0	$14	$11	$15	$25	$3	$3	$3	$2	$2	$2	$2	$3
Benefits and Payroll Taxes		$0	$0	$0	$22	$19	$21	$38	$33	$38	$47	$46	$50	$49	$50	$55
Per Diem/ Personnel		$0	$0	$0	$8	$10	$27	$28	$28	$26	$27	$29	$29	$31	$31	$30
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41, schedule P5.2 & T2 via Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Pilot Cost includes: salaries and wages, benefits and pensions, payroll taxes and personnel expenses impacted by collective bargaining terms.
Note:  Data is total cockpit cost and is not per pilot.  To calculate per pilot cost, simply divide by 2.  No assumption is made for relief pilot staffing.
Frontier
Total Cockpit Cost per Block Hour Flown
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Pilots		$0	$0	$0	$246	$243	$306	$427	$454	$481	$392	$370	$360	$365	$213	$345
Salaries and Wages		$0	$0	$0	$203	$198	$248	$349	$371	$402	$321	$303	$296	$295	$172	$281
Pilot Training		$0	$0	$0	$0	$2	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5	$6	$4	$3	$2	$2
Benefits and Payroll Taxes		$0	$0	$0	$22	$23	$31	$45	$50	$50	$41	$37	$36	$40	$24	$35
Per Diem/ Personnel		$0	$0	$0	$21	$20	$26	$32	$32	$30	$26	$24	$24	$27	$16	$26
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41, schedule P5.2 & T2 via Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Pilot Cost includes: salaries and wages, benefits and pensions, payroll taxes and personnel expenses impacted by collective bargaining terms.
Note:  Data is total cockpit cost and is not per pilot.  To calculate per pilot cost, simply divide by 2.  No assumption is made for relief pilot staffing.
Virgin America
Total Cockpit Cost per Block Hour Flown
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Pilots		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$298
Salaries and Wages														-	-	$187
Pilot Training														-	-	$38
Benefits and Payroll Taxes														-	-	$32
Per Diem/ Personnel														-	-	$41
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41, schedule P5.2 & T2 via Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Pilot Cost includes: salaries and wages, benefits and pensions, payroll taxes and personnel expenses impacted by collective bargaining terms.
Note:  Data is total cockpit cost and is not per pilot.  To calculate per pilot cost, simply divide by 2.  No assumption is made for relief pilot staffing.
Alaska
Total Cockpit Cost per Block Hour Flown
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Pilots		$418	$440	$504	$543	$566	$591	$653	$690	$762	$757	$622	$610	$621	$585	$812
Salaries and Wages		$324	$342	$387	$414	$432	$456	$509	$512	$532	$533	$418	$398	$399	$411	$495
Pilot Training		$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Benefits and Payroll Taxes		$71	$76	$82	$102	$115	$116	$124	$159	$211	$206	$187	$194	$202	$151	$288
Per Diem/ Personnel		$23	$23	$34	$27	$20	$19	$20	$19	$19	$18	$17	$19	$21	$23	$29
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41, schedule P5.2 & T2 via Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Pilot Cost includes: salaries and wages, benefits and pensions, payroll taxes and personnel expenses impacted by collective bargaining terms.
Note:  Data is total cockpit cost and is not per pilot.  To calculate per pilot cost, simply divide by 2.  No assumption is made for relief pilot staffing.
Hawaiian
Total Cockpit Cost per Block Hour Flown
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Pilots		$522	$471	$490	$482	$512	$530	$628	$901	$839	$858	$776	$731	$627	$641	$743
Salaries and Wages		$326	$315	$343	$347	$370	$396	$418	$610	$542	$482	$457	$452	$433	$468	$433
Pilot Training		$27	$15	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$14
Benefits and Payroll Taxes		$156	$127	$132	$118	$119	$111	$185	$262	$271	$356	$289	$244	$159	$135	$263
Per Diem/ Personnel		$14	$14	$15	$16	$23	$23	$25	$29	$27	$20	$30	$35	$35	$38	$32
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41, schedule P5.2 & T2 via Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Pilot Cost includes: salaries and wages, benefits and pensions, payroll taxes and personnel expenses impacted by collective bargaining terms.
Note:  Data is total cockpit cost and is not per pilot.  To calculate per pilot cost, simply divide by 2.  No assumption is made for relief pilot staffing.
Allegiant
Total Cockpit Cost per Block Hour Flown
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Pilots		$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$237	$270	$298	$292
Salaries and Wages							$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$167	$195	$225	$224
Pilot Training							$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$22	$24	$22	$21
Benefits and Payroll Taxes							$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$35	$34	$39	$35
Per Diem/ Personnel							$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$13	$16	$12	$11
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41, schedule P5.2 & T2 via Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Pilot Cost includes: salaries and wages, benefits and pensions, payroll taxes and personnel expenses impacted by collective bargaining terms.
Note:  Data is total cockpit cost and is not per pilot.  To calculate per pilot cost, simply divide by 2.  No assumption is made for relief pilot staffing.
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
AA		$613	$626	$718	$753	$771	$821	$852	$860	$822	$765	$766	$768	$781	$785	$819
CO		$400	$415	$472	$602	$642	$651	$653	$552	$728	$680	$606	$544	$547	$577	$667
DL		$767	$879	$713	$681	$679	$774	$866	$998	$1,232	$1,134	$822	$739	$562	$609	$770
NW		$766	$719	$705	$794	$772	$763	$836	$847	$930	$909	$887	$689	$648	$677	-
UA		$672	$724	$792	$818	$810	$889	$1,086	$1,186	$838	$706	$602	$595	$613	$681	$754
US		$668	$757	$808	$761	$836	$799	$938	$1,047	$878	$728	$482	$496	$520	$569	$567
HP		$308	$326	$343	$369	$377	$402	$420	$409	$441	$473	$473	-	-	-	-
WN		$330	$335	$343	$355	$372	$352	$377	$399	$480	$508	$538	$594	$567	$579	$630
B6		-	-	-	-	-	$283	$358	$413	$411	$366	$364	$410	$437	$452	$525
FL		-	-	-	$220	$225	$265	$343	$344	$347	$362	$358	$357	$362	$369	$387
F9		-	-	-	$246	$243	$306	$427	$454	$481	$392	$370	$360	$365	$213	$345
VX		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$298
AS		$418	$440	$504	$543	$566	$591	$653	$690	$762	$757	$622	$610	$621	$585	$812
HA		$522	$471	$490	$482	$512	$530	$628	$901	$839	$858	$776	$731	$627	$641	$743
G4		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$237	$270	$298	$292
Note: Delta and Northwest are assumed as a single carrier in 2009