| Total Pilot and Copilot Employee Equivalents | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ||
| 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 | 8,306 | 8,092 | 7,934 | 8,029 | |
| 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 | 4,578 | 4,227 | 4,199 | 4,139 | |
| 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 | 6,391 | 6,581 | 10,701 | 10,708 | |
| 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 | 4,345 | 4,204 | - | - | |
| 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 | 6,337 | 5,581 | 5,515 | 5,490 | |
| 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 | 4,234 | 4,073 | 3,967 | 4,003 | |
| 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 | 34,191 | 32,758 | 32,316 | 32,369 | |
| 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 | 5,588 | 5,634 | 5,564 | 5,676 | |
| jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | 203 | 252 | 371 | 591 | 809 | 1,059 | 1,451 | 1,707 | 1,794 | 1,795 | 1,828 | 2,021 | |
| AirTran | - | - | 251 | 429 | 495 | 547 | 642 | 767 | 860 | 902 | 1,133 | 1,325 | 1,498 | 1,559 | 1,535 | 1,622 | 1,626 | |
| Frontier | 42 | 91 | 288 | 356 | 489 | 547 | 314 | 389 | 489 | 542 | 599 | 655 | 704 | 641 | 634 | 674 | 676 | |
| Virgin America | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 217 | 298 | 991 | 1,181 | |
| -- sub LCC | 2,067 | 2,334 | 2,953 | 785 | 3,946 | 4,613 | 4,933 | 5,493 | 5,962 | 6,450 | 7,326 | 8,276 | 9,226 | 9,799 | 9,896 | 10,679 | 11,180 | |
| 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 | 1,361 | 1,236 | 3,711 | 3,982 | |
| Hawaiian | 258 | 260 | 268 | 287 | 14 | 405 | 398 | 398 | 398 | 307 | 280 | 312 | 332 | - | 414 | 436 | 515 | |
| Allegiant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41 | 75 | 141 | 178 | 268 | 307 | 323 | 369 | 400 | |
| -- sub Other | 1,150 | 1,248 | 1,342 | 3,011 | 2,924 | 1,644 | 1,743 | 1,727 | 1,787 | 1,822 | 1,752 | 1,857 | 1,985 | 1,668 | 1,973 | 4,516 | 4,897 | |
| Total All Sectors | 42,620 | 42,935 | 45,342 | 46,719 | 53,390 | 54,800 | 54,116 | 50,851 | 47,287 | 45,064 | 44,094 | 44,562 | 45,012 | 45,658 | 44,627 | 47,511 | 48,446 | |
| Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Data Source: US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P10. | ||||||||||||||||||