| Total Pilot Wages & Salaries and Benefits & Payroll Taxes per Pilot Employee Equivalent | ||||||||||||||||
| NO ADJUSTMENTS MADE | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | ||
| American | $ 148,114 | $151,747 | $170,627 | $179,756 | $ 170,470 | $175,025 | $165,621 | $176,081 | $185,263 | $186,452 | $200,862 | $207,245 | $208,578 | $200,371 | $198,352 | |
| Continental | $ 103,394 | $123,695 | $139,131 | $168,220 | $ 174,774 | $181,928 | $179,697 | $152,212 | $215,663 | $204,600 | $178,055 | $164,765 | $164,903 | $163,573 | $187,454 | |
| Delta | $ 164,191 | $199,395 | $162,410 | $148,683 | $ 164,772 | $166,975 | $204,090 | $227,478 | $290,434 | $305,559 | $241,786 | $210,746 | $151,789 | $151,805 | $176,414 | |
| Northwest | $ 182,253 | $166,978 | $156,552 | $176,605 | $ 166,768 | $165,876 | $175,568 | $194,557 | $223,981 | $234,606 | $225,077 | $176,024 | $167,457 | $159,975 | $ - | |
| United | $ 159,962 | $173,444 | $169,535 | $164,207 | $ 142,134 | $164,065 | $191,148 | $267,626 | $186,083 | $199,532 | $163,611 | $161,213 | $160,425 | $169,114 | $184,357 | |
| US Airways | $ 172,290 | $195,289 | $215,733 | $193,730 | $ 191,765 | $180,989 | $231,355 | $264,098 | $247,113 | $224,312 | $164,239 | $131,302 | $151,963 | $162,636 | $159,089 | |
| American West | $ 97,040 | $102,225 | $106,879 | $105,497 | $ 92,601 | $121,791 | $122,291 | $114,126 | $123,359 | $133,308 | $134,654 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | |
| --sub Network | $ 155,204 | $169,028 | $166,960 | $167,155 | $ 161,338 | $169,327 | $186,019 | $207,745 | $214,641 | $219,479 | $196,074 | $179,000 | $171,243 | $170,766 | $182,457 | |
| Southwest | $ 128,546 | $128,382 | $133,723 | $ - | $ 134,959 | $126,992 | $128,497 | $134,976 | $167,686 | $182,789 | $196,794 | $219,569 | $205,164 | $209,040 | $213,586 | |
| jetBlue | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 25,905 | $ 78,126 | $124,887 | $130,249 | $120,455 | $113,812 | $124,203 | $137,633 | $140,948 | $164,264 | |
| AirTran | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 61,723 | $ 72,523 | $ 76,233 | $ 86,602 | $ 95,684 | $101,721 | $114,430 | $111,555 | $114,116 | $116,841 | $118,446 | $123,283 | |
| Frontier | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 30,627 | $ 32,426 | $ 42,209 | $115,238 | $124,813 | $124,057 | $126,493 | $112,204 | $115,083 | $123,788 | $122,700 | $108,157 | |
| Virgin America | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 86,248 | |
| --sub LCC | $ 125,934 | $ 95,225 | $ 86,823 | $128,976 | $ 72,357 | $ 87,894 | $101,204 | $110,906 | $127,886 | $137,817 | $149,460 | $165,834 | $172,119 | $171,884 | $180,043 | |
| Alaska | $ 127,815 | $130,439 | $139,237 | $ 65,187 | $ 66,770 | $165,791 | $176,364 | $198,712 | $227,955 | $223,297 | $211,407 | $192,768 | $195,817 | $181,722 | $257,848 | |
| Hawaiian | $ 110,286 | $106,281 | $110,400 | $102,420 | $2,456,399 | $101,486 | $131,195 | $159,324 | $157,866 | $210,747 | $216,822 | $192,896 | $173,544 | $ - | $188,636 | |
| Allegiant | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 57,590 | $ 56,318 | $ 66,739 | $ 75,781 | |
| -- sub Other | $ 109,001 | $106,250 | $113,588 | $ 68,736 | $ 70,065 | $123,444 | $141,875 | $158,442 | $181,785 | $187,954 | $174,716 | $162,347 | $173,258 | $160,559 | $173,937 | |
| Total All Sectors | $ 152,378 | $161,829 | $158,714 | $158,769 | $ 146,110 | $159,588 | $175,450 | $193,982 | $200,711 | $204,838 | $186,792 | $175,670 | $171,512 | $172,017 | $183,295 | |
| Note: Delta and Northwest are assumed as a single carrier in 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pilot Cost includes: | salaries and wages, benefits and pensions, payroll taxes and personnel expenses impacted by collective bargaining terms. | |||||||||||||||
| Data Source: US DOT Form 41, Schedules P52 & P10. | ||||||||||||||||