Delta Airlines Employee Data and Analysis
Delta Airlines
  1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009  
Traffic Indicies  
Stage Length in Miles (for SLA purposes)                 761                783                795                823                849                871                885                893                948                984              1,039              1,170              1,237              1,282              1,230
Seats Per Departure (for SDA purposes)                180                181                180                179                178                178                176                178                180                180                183                187                187                190                189
Price Per Gallon of Fuel  $            0.55  $            0.65  $            0.63  $            0.51  $            0.51  $            0.65  $            0.68  $            0.65  $            0.79  $            1.13  $            1.71  $            2.08  $            2.26  $            3.22  $            2.25
Airborne Hours / Block Hours 83% 83% 83% 83% 82% 82% 83% 83% 83% 83% 84% 85% 85% 85% 84%
Outsourcing Indicies  
Maintenance $'s Outsourced 12.5% 19.8% 17.3% 23.7% 24.4% 21.0% 23.6% 25.9% 23.8% 23.9% 34.9% 43.9% 36.2% 31.0% 38.6%
Other Outsourcing as % of  Total Exp. (ex-Fuel) 10.7% 11.3% 12.6% 13.3% 13.3% 11.6% 10.0% 10.8% 8.5% 9.3% 10.8% 11.8% 12.2% 11.8% 12.9%
Transport Related Expense (000)  $      306,714  $      365,398  $      257,851  $      235,158  $      310,346  $      340,297  $      449,617  $      689,549  $    2,768,721  $    3,237,920  $    3,589,235  $    4,001,411  $    4,550,545  $    5,329,570  $    5,894,177
Productivity Measures (unadjusted)  
Block Hours Per Employee Per Month
Pilots & Co-Pilots (note: Includes Flight Engineers where applicable)               39.0               41.0               43.0               41.2               46.0               41.5               45.0               41.3               41.6               47.5               51.9               50.5               49.6               45.7               41.7
Flight Attendants (note: Avg Crew = 1 FA per 50 seats)               36.8               41.9               40.3               39.0               38.2               38.1               38.0               40.2               42.1               45.4               48.9               51.6               50.1               47.1               47.3
Maintenance               22.8               27.4               26.5               24.7               22.5               33.0               31.8               21.2               19.8               21.9               27.1               29.6               28.0               27.7               34.4
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling                 6.1                 7.1                 6.4                 6.1                 6.0                 6.0                 6.0                 8.5                 8.4                 9.3                 9.7                 9.7                 9.2                 9.3                 9.1
Other               20.3               25.2               27.2               25.7               25.6               26.6               21.7               11.4               11.0               12.2               14.0               15.0               16.1               17.9               14.3
Total                 2.5                 2.8                 2.7                 2.6                 2.6                 2.6                 2.6                 2.6                 2.5                 2.8                 3.1                 3.2                 3.1                 3.1                 2.9
ASMs Per Employee (000)
Pilots & Co-Pilots         15,598.8         16,420.9         17,030.3         16,239.5         17,938.2         16,137.3         17,453.4         16,309.4         16,835.0         19,143.4         21,654.5         21,980.1         21,636.9         20,180.9         18,331.2
Flight Attendants           8,176.5           9,283.9           8,878.4           8,587.2           8,366.9           8,337.8           8,370.8           8,895.0           9,440.0         10,164.1         11,140.0         11,997.2         11,697.1         10,984.2         10,992.6
Maintenance         18,268.6         21,924.2         21,022.3         19,522.6         17,547.0         25,702.0         24,655.6         16,734.2         16,030.7         17,657.6         22,620.7         25,742.7         24,378.6         24,464.4         30,238.9
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling           4,884.8           5,725.6           5,046.2           4,789.1           4,651.8           4,709.6           4,644.9           6,680.6           6,782.4           7,518.2           8,108.5           8,478.8           8,005.5           8,253.4           7,989.2
Other         16,210.5         20,238.5         21,564.4         20,306.3         19,996.9         20,732.4         16,844.3           8,985.5           8,874.6           9,863.8         11,681.5         13,049.5         14,003.9         15,864.2         12,549.3
Total           1,964.0           2,272.6           2,147.5           2,043.5           1,998.6           2,062.4           2,016.3           2,016.0           2,043.5           2,257.0           2,562.6           2,752.7           2,701.5           2,719.9           2,594.5
Employees Per Aircraft
Pilots & Co-Pilots (Crews)                 7.8                 7.6                 7.4                 7.8                 6.9                 7.6                 6.5                 6.8                 6.7                 8.0                 7.2                 7.7                 6.8                 7.4                 7.2
Flight Attendants (Crews)                 8.2                 7.5                 7.9                 8.2                 8.4                 8.3                 7.7                 6.9                 6.6                 8.4                 7.7                 7.5                 6.7                 7.2                 6.4
Maintenance (Inhouse)               13.3               11.4               12.0               13.0               14.2                 9.5                 9.2               13.2               14.1               17.4               13.9               13.1               12.0               12.2                 8.8
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling (Inhouse)               49.7               43.8               49.9               52.8               53.6               52.1               48.7               33.0               33.3               41.0               38.7               39.8               36.7               36.2               33.2
Other (Inhouse)               15.0               12.4               11.7               12.5               12.5               11.8               13.4               24.6               25.5               31.2               26.8               25.9               21.0               18.9               21.1
Total              123.5              110.3              117.2              123.8              124.7              119.0              112.2              109.4              110.7              136.5              122.4              122.7              108.6              110.0              102.3
Passengers Per Employee
Pilots & Co-Pilots            10,417            11,945            12,660            11,850            13,073            11,587            11,623            11,261            11,774            12,806            13,931            12,908            12,373            11,223            10,104
Flight Attendants              5,460              6,753              6,600              6,266              6,098              5,987              5,574              6,142              6,602              6,799              7,166              7,046              6,689              6,109              6,059
Maintenance            12,200            15,948            15,628            14,246            12,788            18,455            16,419            11,555            11,212            11,812            14,552            15,118            13,941            13,605            16,667
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling              3,262              4,165              3,751              3,495              3,390              3,382              3,093              4,613              4,744              5,029              5,216              4,979              4,578              4,590              4,403
Other            10,826            14,722            16,031            14,818            14,574            14,887            11,217              6,204              6,207              6,598              7,515              7,664              8,008              8,823              6,917
Total              1,312              1,653              1,596              1,491              1,457              1,481              1,343              1,392              1,429              1,510              1,649              1,617              1,545              1,513              1,430
Productivity Measures Revenue  
Passenger Revenue Per Employee (000)
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $       1,363.9  $       1,471.3  $       1,566.8  $       1,505.7  $       1,635.7  $       1,549.7  $       1,465.6  $       1,329.5  $       1,435.6  $       1,594.9  $       1,835.7  $       2,043.5  $       2,162.6  $       2,154.1  $       1,672.9
Flight Attendants  $          714.9  $          831.8  $          816.8  $          796.2  $          762.9  $          800.7  $          702.9  $          725.1  $          805.0  $          846.8  $          944.3  $       1,115.4  $       1,169.1  $       1,172.4  $       1,003.2
Maintenance  $       1,597.3  $       1,964.3  $       1,934.1  $       1,810.1  $       1,600.0  $       2,468.2  $       2,070.4  $       1,364.1  $       1,367.0  $       1,471.1  $       1,917.6  $       2,393.4  $       2,436.6  $       2,611.3  $       2,759.7
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling  $          427.1  $          513.0  $          464.3  $          444.0  $          424.2  $          452.3  $          390.0  $          544.6  $          578.4  $          626.4  $          687.4  $          788.3  $          800.1  $          881.0  $          729.1
Other  $       1,417.4  $       1,813.3  $       1,984.0  $       1,882.7  $       1,823.4  $       1,991.0  $       1,414.4  $          732.5  $          756.8  $          821.8  $          990.2  $       1,213.2  $       1,399.7  $       1,693.3  $       1,145.3
Total  $          171.7  $          203.6  $          197.6  $          189.5  $          182.2  $          198.1  $          169.3  $          164.3  $          174.3  $          188.0  $          217.2  $          255.9  $          270.0  $          290.3  $          236.8
Salary and Benefits  
Average Salary
Management and All Other  $        46,044  $        61,023  $        81,966  $        79,042  $        70,886  $      154,882  $      118,694  $        53,880  $        54,845  $        48,365  $        43,140  $        47,417  $        82,970  $        64,743  $        57,115
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $      129,315  $      134,016  $      131,249  $      121,885  $      143,880  $      150,549  $      185,982  $      173,365  $      197,380  $      209,330  $      155,532  $      127,268  $      128,756  $      125,616  $      137,948
Flight Attendants  $        29,954  $        35,736  $        34,952  $        35,087  $        38,127  $        19,519  $        40,482  $        42,158  $        45,441  $        45,333  $        40,037  $        37,039  $        36,931  $        37,038  $        39,161
Maintenance  $        33,052  $        40,024  $        39,669  $        38,788  $        33,287  $        62,432  $        58,800  $        57,697  $        61,400  $        65,248  $        58,523  $        57,015  $        51,464  $        46,369  $        47,117
Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling  $        35,873  $        42,750  $        38,440  $        37,510  $        39,307  $        34,435  $        31,365  $        45,277  $        47,378  $        47,445  $        43,110  $        39,090  $        39,015  $        40,752  $        45,348
Total  $        47,178  $        55,506  $        53,968  $        52,040  $        53,344  $        60,682  $        64,825  $        63,854  $        68,691  $        68,551  $        57,460  $        53,359  $        59,729  $        56,138  $        59,638
Other Compensation Per Employee (All Employees)
Benefits, Pensions and Payroll Taxes
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $        26,237  $        58,222  $        22,675  $        20,720  $        15,065  $          8,314  $          9,655  $        45,077  $        83,537  $        86,195  $        77,320  $        75,500  $        17,872  $        18,054  $        30,403
All Others  $          7,662  $          8,680  $          8,609  $          7,727  $          7,363  $          8,237  $          9,407  $        10,674  $        12,560  $        13,666  $        12,594  $        13,886  $        10,669  $        12,603  $        17,592
Total  $        10,000  $        15,536  $        10,383  $          9,362  $          8,221  $          8,247  $          9,436  $        14,927  $        21,176  $        22,217  $        20,254  $        21,602  $        11,569  $        13,338  $        19,405
Personnel
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $          7,365  $          7,447  $          8,244  $          8,757  $        10,349  $          9,763  $        11,734  $        10,441  $        11,024  $        11,872  $        11,552  $        11,789  $        13,867  $        13,179  $        12,421
Flight Attendents  $          8,895  $          8,648  $        10,215  $        10,352  $        10,372  $        10,454  $        11,083  $        10,904  $          8,632  $          7,777  $          8,418  $          9,372  $        12,006  $        13,481  $        15,298
Payroll Taxes
Pilots & Co-Pilots  $          8,640  $          7,157  $          8,486  $          6,079  $          5,827  $          8,111  $          8,454  $          9,037  $          9,517  $        10,034  $          8,934  $          7,978  $          5,161  $          8,134  $          8,063
All Others  $          2,861  $          3,274  $          3,258  $          3,313  $          3,279  $          3,425  $          3,942  $          3,781  $          4,103  $          4,248  $          3,916  $          3,499  $          3,662  $          3,943  $          4,321
Raw Data  
Number of Months 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Number of Days 365 366 365 365 365 366 365 365 365 366 365 365 365 365 365
P10- Employee Count Data  
Sum of General Management                209                233                308                293                452                515                565                203                177                185                153                127                142                258                390
Sum of Pilots and Co-Pilots              8,347              8,143              8,152              8,753              8,072              9,123              8,103              8,074              7,155              6,786              6,181              5,706              5,904              6,391            10,785
Sum of Other Flight Personnel                    1                   -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -  
Sum of Passenger and General Services            15,926            14,403            15,637            16,553            17,306            17,657            16,895            14,804            12,760            12,781            12,015            10,454            10,921            11,742            17,985
Sum of Maintenance              7,128              6,099              6,604              7,281              8,252              5,728              5,736              7,869              7,514              7,357              5,917              4,872              5,240              5,272              6,538
Sum of AC Handling 1                   -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -  
Sum of Aircraft Handling              9,674              8,904            10,807            11,550            12,438            13,014            12,544              2,927              2,590              2,632              2,313              1,947              1,971              2,005              2,420
Sum of Aircraft Control                685                535                617                632                634                657                686                596                567                536                471                415                399                366              1,718
Sum of Passenger Handling              6,563              6,488              7,412              8,033              8,255              7,853              7,623              7,796              6,902              6,660              6,650              6,442              7,176              6,408            18,424
Sum of Cargo Handling              9,736              7,427              8,676              9,466              9,800              9,736              9,594              8,392              7,701              7,451              7,073              5,988              6,411              6,848              2,184
Sum of Trainees and Instructors                321                465                488                369                530                580                455                987                834                678                484                363                408                372                484
Sum of Stats              3,966              2,362              1,953              2,345              2,516              2,447              2,453              1,713                818                838                680                591                585                498                970
Sum of Traffic Solicitors                933                936                962              1,034                971                800                770                848                779                810                781                826                844                840              1,260
Sum of Other              2,813              2,844              3,035              3,252              3,224              3,274              4,718            11,107            11,142            10,844              9,513              7,831              7,285              6,420            13,040
Sum of Transport Related                   -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -                     -  
Sum of Total            66,302            58,839            64,649            69,559            72,449            71,384            70,140            65,319            58,945            57,558            52,231            45,562            47,286            47,420            76,200
P6- Objective Grouping Operating Expense Data  
Sum of Salaries-General Management Personnel (000)  $        67,875  $      100,258  $      163,638  $      164,209  $        72,657  $        53,522  $      105,248  $        67,480  $        73,466  $        48,781  $        35,225  $        21,950  $        29,872  $        43,288  $        24,892
Sum of Salaries-Flight Personnel (000)  $    1,556,570  $    1,606,002  $    1,616,481  $    1,647,645  $    1,821,221  $    1,718,098  $    2,190,956  $    2,023,849  $    1,992,085  $    1,999,912  $    1,442,392  $    1,113,393  $    1,163,497  $    1,237,716  $    2,192,086
Sum of Salaries-Maintenance Labor (000)  $      235,596  $      244,108  $      261,974  $      282,412  $      274,688  $      357,610  $      337,276  $      454,019  $      461,363  $      480,033  $      346,283  $      277,779  $      269,671  $      244,455  $      308,054
Sum of Salaries-Aircraft And Traffic Handling Personnel (000)  $      956,300  $      998,383  $    1,057,575  $    1,113,332  $    1,223,511  $    1,076,443  $      954,969  $      892,446  $      841,438  $      819,797  $      711,625  $      578,226  $      622,557  $      636,824  $    1,122,180
Sum of Salaries-Other Personnel (000)  $      311,622  $      317,138  $      389,302  $      412,243  $      472,668  $    1,126,057  $      958,366  $      733,064  $      680,656  $      597,139  $      465,679  $      439,795  $      738,759  $      499,777  $      897,180
Sum of Salaries-Total (000)  $    3,127,963  $    3,265,889  $    3,488,970  $    3,619,841  $    3,864,745  $    4,331,730  $    4,546,815  $    4,170,858  $    4,049,008  $    3,945,662  $    3,001,204  $    2,431,143  $    2,824,356  $    2,662,060  $    4,544,392
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Personnel Expense (000)  $      203,136  $      185,191  $      226,936  $      248,016  $      263,026  $      273,646  $      282,335  $      245,729  $      189,017  $      179,960  $      172,542  $      165,250  $      212,990  $      242,524  $      409,101
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Employee Benefits And Pensions (000)  $      663,039  $      914,132  $      671,259  $      651,191  $      595,621  $      588,692  $      661,834  $      974,999  $    1,248,193  $    1,278,756  $    1,057,891  $      984,246  $      547,035  $      632,475  $    1,478,668
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Payroll Taxes (000)  $      237,953  $      224,248  $      253,254  $      254,651  $      258,104  $      287,262  $      313,030  $      289,427  $      280,577  $      283,776  $      235,544  $      184,960  $      182,008  $      213,763  $      369,628
Sum of Related Fringe Benefits-Total (000)  $    1,104,128  $    1,323,571  $    1,151,449  $    1,153,858  $    1,116,751  $    1,149,600  $    1,257,199  $    1,510,155  $    1,717,787  $    1,742,492  $    1,465,977  $    1,334,456  $      942,033  $    1,088,762  $    2,257,397
Sum of Total Salaries And Related Fringe Benefits (000)  $    4,232,091  $    4,589,460  $    4,640,419  $    4,773,699  $    4,981,496  $    5,481,330  $    5,804,014  $    5,681,013  $    5,766,795  $    5,688,154  $    4,467,181  $    3,765,599  $    3,766,389  $    3,750,822  $    6,801,789
Sum of Services Purchased-Advertising And Other Promotions (000)  $      149,376  $      104,090  $      110,999  $      121,512  $      139,739  $      128,972  $      153,015  $      126,748  $      134,803  $      146,893  $      163,575  $      149,441  $      171,273  $      100,516  $      179,831
Sum of Services Purchased-Communication (000)  $      173,636  $      187,015  $      174,275  $      196,647  $      191,995  $      181,864  $      198,047  $      182,443  $      169,886  $      187,210  $      177,491  $      187,970  $      215,579  $      251,328  $      363,820
Sum of Services Purchased-Insurance (000)  $        57,615  $        61,164  $        71,601  $        46,092  $        34,534  $        31,857  $        50,286  $      182,835  $      115,870  $      120,420  $        94,752  $        99,745  $      103,888  $        77,332  $      104,943
Sum of Services Purchased-Outside Flight Equipment Maintenance (000)  $      112,685  $      170,677  $      172,138  $      257,345  $      292,179  $      304,507  $      327,483  $      315,676  $      254,584  $      271,117  $      374,443  $      466,748  $      426,750  $      325,627  $      718,641
Sum of Services Purchased-Traffic Commissions -Passenger (000)  $    1,099,341  $    1,031,883  $    1,002,831  $      939,121  $      763,102  $      614,264  $      510,804  $      302,196  $      210,175  $      203,633  $      187,796  $      224,832  $      246,386  $      268,319  $      505,638
Sum of Services Purchased-Traffic Commissions-Cargo (000)  $          4,537  $          3,699  $          4,095  $          2,816  $          3,090  $          4,175  $          2,871  $        10,303  $        10,436  $        13,701  $        13,331  $        13,587  $        13,931  $        17,281  $          7,836
Sum of Services Purchased-Other Services (000)  $    1,090,003  $    1,248,990  $    1,373,996  $    1,519,375  $    1,567,444  $    1,401,644  $    1,246,148  $    1,298,567  $    1,171,595  $    1,342,104  $    1,478,539  $    1,572,099  $    1,679,925  $    1,721,242  $    2,843,090
Sum of Services Purchased-Total (000)  $    2,687,193  $    2,807,518  $    2,909,935  $    3,081,802  $    2,980,535  $    2,667,283  $    2,488,654  $    2,418,768  $    2,067,349  $    2,285,078  $    2,489,927  $    2,714,422  $    2,857,732  $    2,761,645  $    4,717,067
Sum of Transport Related Expense (000) 306714 365398 257851 235158 310346 340297 449617 689549 2768721 3237920 3589235 4001411 4550545 5329570 5894177
Sum of Total Operating Expense (000)  $  11,518,849  $  12,746,582  $  12,582,662  $  12,836,685  $  13,171,304  $  13,861,497  $  14,183,177  $  13,445,779  $  15,360,207  $  16,767,211  $  17,308,878  $  17,308,303  $  18,233,944  $  20,916,811  $  29,034,495
T1 & T2- Traffic Data  
Sum of RPMs 8.52E+10 9.39E+10 9.97E+10 1.03E+11 1.05E+11 1.08E+11 9.77E+10 9.53E+10 8.94E+10 9.83E+10 1.04E+11 9.89E+10 1.03E+11 1.06E+11 1.64E+11
Sum of ASMs 1.30E+11 1.34E+11 1.39E+11 1.42E+11 1.45E+11 1.47E+11 1.41E+11 1.32E+11 1.20E+11 1.30E+11 1.34E+11 1.25E+11 1.28E+11 1.29E+11 1.98E+11
Sum of Miles 7.23E+08 7.39E+08 7.71E+08 7.93E+08 8.13E+08 8.27E+08 8.03E+08 7.38E+08 6.68E+08 7.22E+08 7.31E+08 6.71E+08 6.84E+08 6.81E+08 1.04E+09
Sum of Depts          950,811          943,942          969,995          963,992          957,512          949,836          907,878          826,272          704,758          733,010          703,506          573,181          552,678          530,901          848,771
Sum of Airborne Hours       1,630,466       1,669,822       1,749,975       1,791,367       1,833,584       1,864,321       1,808,249       1,654,175       1,481,939       1,603,456       1,622,318       1,466,501       1,485,685       1,483,190       2,259,203
Sum of Block Hours       1,953,319       2,001,755       2,100,902       2,161,141       2,225,511       2,269,404       2,187,408       1,998,796       1,787,252       1,933,922       1,923,533       1,729,148       1,758,101       1,750,933       2,696,379
Sum of AC Days          195,931          195,229          201,363          205,129          212,029          219,543          228,220          217,868          194,400          154,318          155,800          135,568          158,909          157,408          271,995
Sum of Gallons 2.50E+09 2.55E+09 2.63E+09 2.70E+09 2.72E+09 2.74E+09 2.50E+09 2.26E+09 2.02E+09 2.13E+09 2.13E+09 1.94E+09 1.97E+09 1.96E+09 3.13E+09
Sum of Passengers      86,963,085      97,268,562    103,207,867    103,724,605    105,529,015    105,709,077      94,179,938      90,924,099      84,246,369      86,901,935      86,105,101      73,654,538      73,051,485      71,727,996    108,968,784
P12- Profit and Loss Statement  
Sum of Pax Rev (000) -1.14E+07 -1.20E+07 -1.28E+07 -1.32E+07 -1.32E+07 -1.41E+07 -1.19E+07 -1.07E+07 -1.03E+07 -1.08E+07 -1.13E+07 -1.17E+07 -1.28E+07 -1.38E+07 -1.80E+07
Sum of Charter Pax (000)  $       (14,391)  $       (18,736)  $       (22,890)  $       (33,005)  $       (28,812)  $       (12,079)  $               -    $       (49,952)  $     (167,206)  $       (87,203)  $       (74,070)  $       (75,213)  $       (77,339)  $       (78,742)  $     (262,209)
Sum of Transport Related Rev (000)  $     (459,961)  $     (609,428)  $     (594,599)  $     (566,795)  $     (809,047)  $     (540,632)  $     (546,002)  $     (788,605)  $   (1,010,390)  $   (2,277,918)  $   (3,720,665)  $   (4,707,982)  $   (5,197,497)  $   (5,443,484)  $   (7,328,342)
Sum of Cargo Rev (000)  $     (397,948)  $     (369,778)  $     (422,042)  $     (433,828)  $     (432,737)  $     (434,694)  $     (408,254)  $     (402,435)  $     (408,302)  $     (474,474)  $     (521,304)  $     (537,592)  $     (541,472)  $     (730,351)  $   (1,638,209)
Sum of Total Rev (000) -1.26E+07 -1.33E+07 -1.42E+07 -1.46E+07 -1.49E+07 -1.53E+07 -1.32E+07 -1.24E+07 -1.42E+07 -1.52E+07 -1.61E+07 -1.73E+07 -1.92E+07 -2.10E+07 -2.89E+07
P52- Functional Grouping Operating Expense Data  
Sum of Pilots And Copilots (000)  $    1,079,521  $    1,091,295  $    1,069,941  $    1,066,856  $    1,161,402  $    1,373,459  $    1,507,010  $    1,399,745  $    1,412,253  $    1,420,513  $      961,342  $      726,189  $      760,175  $      802,811  $    1,487,771
Sum of Other Flight Personnel (000)  $               -    $               -    $               -    $               -    $               -    $               -    $               -    $               -    $               -    $               -    $               -    $               -    $               -    $               -    $               -  
Sum of Trainees And Instructors (000)  $        66,025  $        74,562  $      107,185  $        93,641  $        96,495  $      144,432  $      144,545  $        73,900  $        44,389  $        38,645  $        14,938  $          7,744  $        10,204  $        11,474  $        38,867
Sum of Personnel Expenses (000)  $        61,481  $        60,639  $        67,202  $        76,654  $        83,535  $        89,067  $        95,081  $        84,303  $        78,879  $        80,565  $        71,402  $        67,270  $        81,872  $        84,226  $      133,962
Sum of Employee Benefits And Pensions (000)  $      219,023  $      474,103  $      184,849  $      181,361  $      121,607  $        75,853  $        78,234  $      363,950  $      597,709  $      584,916  $      477,918  $      430,805  $      105,519  $      115,386  $      327,896
Sum of Taxes-Payroll (000)  $        72,123  $        58,277  $        69,174  $        53,207  $        47,032  $        73,998  $        68,500  $        72,963  $        68,094  $        68,093  $        55,220  $        45,523  $        30,469  $        51,987  $        86,960
Sum of Total Flight Equipment Maintenance (Memo) (000)  $      900,499  $      860,431  $      996,966  $    1,087,297  $    1,197,420  $    1,450,075  $    1,387,393  $    1,220,356  $    1,068,333  $    1,135,841  $    1,073,685  $    1,064,204  $    1,179,953  $    1,050,606  $    1,863,220
Sum of Flying Operations-Aircraft Fuels (000)  $    1,364,699  $    1,646,835  $    1,665,361  $    1,386,244  $    1,382,948  $    1,771,126  $    1,698,287  $    1,462,053  $    1,601,292  $    2,411,963  $    3,646,949  $    4,031,407  $    4,444,443  $    6,326,624  $    7,059,226
Note: Delta and Northwest are assumed as a single carrier in 2009