| Total Full-time Employee Equivalents | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ||
| American | 83,463 | 78,902 | 79,842 | 82,470 | 90,136 | 92,665 | 92,277 | 98,960 | 84,770 | 79,410 | 74,962 | 72,757 | 71,818 | 70,925 | 66,519 | 65,506 | 66,522 | |
| Continental | 30,228 | 30,332 | 33,160 | 37,299 | 40,811 | 42,468 | 42,159 | 38,249 | 38,394 | 37,147 | 37,305 | 39,363 | 40,948 | 40,630 | 38,720 | 37,760 | 36,797 | |
| Delta | 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 | 46,372 | 76,742 | 80,158 | |
| Northwest | 43,581 | 45,756 | 47,337 | 49,294 | 50,689 | 51,551 | 49,910 | 44,718 | 39,733 | 38,454 | 35,985 | 30,729 | 29,619 | 29,124 | 29,828 | - | - | |
| United | 75,695 | 79,205 | 83,328 | 88,097 | 92,625 | 95,327 | 93,844 | 75,470 | 62,326 | 60,860 | 56,661 | 55,027 | 55,160 | 51,536 | 46,587 | 46,060 | 46,491 | |
| US Airways | 40,972 | 39,952 | 39,936 | 38,382 | 39,905 | 42,652 | 34,005 | 31,404 | 26,736 | 26,509 | 21,202 | 34,462 | 34,256 | 32,683 | 31,340 | 30,876 | 31,551 | |
| America West | 10,122 | 10,691 | 11,455 | 12,430 | 13,949 | 12,187 | 11,994 | 12,299 | 12,958 | 13,362 | 12,142 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| --sub Network | 350,363 | 343,677 | 359,707 | 377,531 | 400,564 | 408,234 | 394,329 | 366,419 | 323,862 | 313,300 | 290,488 | 277,900 | 279,087 | 272,318 | 259,366 | 256,944 | 261,519 | |
| Southwest | 18,930 | 22,281 | 24,185 | - | 27,374 | 28,671 | 30,848 | 33,421 | 33,360 | 31,675 | 31,543 | 32,167 | 33,680 | 34,680 | 34,874 | 34,230 | 36,104 | |
| jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | 693 | 2,116 | 2,928 | 4,343 | 5,850 | 7,462 | 9,272 | 9,713 | 10,177 | 10,583 | 11,211 | 11,749 | |
| AirTran | - | - | 569 | 2,974 | 3,882 | 4,035 | 4,234 | 4,725 | 5,350 | 5,814 | 6,458 | 7,415 | 8,304 | 8,259 | 8,220 | 8,229 | 7,751 | |
| Frontier | 326 | 582 | 745 | 1,025 | 1,640 | 1,745 | 2,145 | 2,402 | 2,975 | 3,634 | 3,790 | 4,034 | 5,219 | 4,939 | 4,774 | 4,309 | 4,286 | |
| Virgin America | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 980 | 1,421 | 1,770 | 2,115 | |
| --sub LCC | 19,256 | 22,863 | 25,499 | 3,999 | 32,896 | 35,144 | 39,343 | 43,476 | 46,028 | 46,973 | 49,253 | 52,888 | 56,916 | 59,035 | 59,872 | 59,749 | 62,005 | |
| Alaska | 7,007 | 7,647 | 8,237 | 8,710 | 9,310 | 9,531 | 10,115 | 10,142 | 10,040 | 9,900 | 9,269 | 9,307 | 9,680 | 9,628 | 8,912 | 8,649 | 8,917 | |
| Hawaiian | 2,014 | 2,207 | 2,247 | 2,343 | 152 | 3,281 | 2,878 | 2,878 | 2,878 | 3,128 | 2,855 | 3,243 | 3,315 | - | 3,635 | 3,802 | 4,265 | |
| Allegiant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 292 | 437 | 563 | 841 | 1,133 | 1,330 | 1,533 | 1,585 | 1,571 | |
| -- sub Other | 9,021 | 9,854 | 10,484 | 11,053 | 9,462 | 12,812 | 12,993 | 13,020 | 13,210 | 13,465 | 12,687 | 13,391 | 14,128 | 10,958 | 14,080 | 14,036 | 14,753 | |
| Total All Sectors | 378,640 | 376,394 | 395,690 | 392,583 | 442,922 | 456,190 | 446,665 | 422,915 | 383,100 | 373,738 | 352,428 | 344,179 | 350,131 | 342,311 | 333,318 | 330,729 | 338,277 | |
| Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Data Source: US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P10. | ||||||||||||||||||