| Total Full-time Employee Non Cockpit Equivalents | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ||
| American | 74,463 | 69,948 | 70,957 | 73,657 | 80,603 | 82,257 | 81,317 | 86,641 | 73,913 | 69,481 | 65,888 | 64,185 | 63,475 | 62,619 | 58,427 | 57,572 | 58,493 | |
| Continental | 26,458 | 26,966 | 29,525 | 33,083 | 36,206 | 37,812 | 37,588 | 34,040 | 34,542 | 33,204 | 33,121 | 34,955 | 36,350 | 36,052 | 34,493 | 33,561 | 32,658 | |
| Delta | 57,954 | 50,696 | 56,497 | 60,806 | 64,377 | 62,261 | 62,037 | 57,245 | 51,790 | 50,772 | 46,050 | 39,856 | 41,382 | 41,029 | 39,791 | 66,041 | 69,450 | |
| Northwest | 38,678 | 40,563 | 41,930 | 44,143 | 44,867 | 45,570 | 43,807 | 39,184 | 34,621 | 33,512 | 30,990 | 26,198 | 25,279 | 24,779 | 25,624 | - | - | |
| United | 68,082 | 71,343 | 74,245 | 78,083 | 80,871 | 83,923 | 82,582 | 67,478 | 54,638 | 54,486 | 50,528 | 48,750 | 48,822 | 45,199 | 41,006 | 40,545 | 41,001 | |
| US Airways | 36,310 | 35,377 | 35,415 | 33,900 | 35,061 | 37,322 | 29,214 | 27,576 | 23,589 | 23,542 | 18,603 | 29,527 | 29,978 | 28,449 | 27,267 | 26,909 | 27,548 | |
| America West | 9,015 | 9,431 | 10,091 | 10,936 | 12,059 | 10,546 | 10,344 | 10,624 | 11,231 | 11,511 | 10,292 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| --sub Network | 310,960 | 304,324 | 318,660 | 334,608 | 354,044 | 359,691 | 346,889 | 322,788 | 284,324 | 276,508 | 255,472 | 243,471 | 245,286 | 238,127 | 226,608 | 224,628 | 229,150 | |
| Southwest | 16,905 | 20,038 | 21,771 | - | 24,412 | 25,355 | 27,123 | 29,455 | 29,338 | 27,478 | 27,008 | 27,322 | 28,363 | 29,092 | 29,240 | 28,666 | 30,428 | |
| jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | 490 | 1,864 | 2,557 | 3,752 | 5,041 | 6,403 | 7,821 | 8,006 | 8,383 | 8,788 | 9,383 | 9,728 | |
| AirTran | - | - | 318 | 2,545 | 3,387 | 3,488 | 3,592 | 3,958 | 4,490 | 4,912 | 5,325 | 6,090 | 6,806 | 6,700 | 6,685 | 6,607 | 6,125 | |
| Frontier | 284 | 491 | 457 | 669 | 1,151 | 1,198 | 1,831 | 2,013 | 2,486 | 3,092 | 3,191 | 3,379 | 4,515 | 4,298 | 4,140 | 3,635 | 3,610 | |
| Virgin America | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 763 | 1,123 | 779 | 934 | |
| --sub LCC | 17,189 | 20,529 | 22,546 | 3,214 | 28,950 | 30,531 | 34,410 | 37,983 | 40,066 | 40,523 | 41,927 | 44,612 | 47,690 | 49,236 | 49,976 | 49,070 | 50,825 | |
| Alaska | 6,115 | 6,659 | 7,163 | 5,986 | 6,400 | 8,292 | 8,770 | 8,813 | 8,692 | 8,460 | 7,938 | 7,940 | 8,295 | 8,267 | 7,676 | 4,938 | 4,935 | |
| Hawaiian | 1,756 | 1,947 | 1,979 | 2,056 | 138 | 2,876 | 2,480 | 2,480 | 2,480 | 2,821 | 2,575 | 2,931 | 2,983 | - | 3,221 | 3,366 | 3,750 | |
| Allegiant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 251 | 362 | 422 | 663 | 865 | 1,023 | 1,210 | 1,216 | 1,171 | |
| -- sub Other | 7,871 | 8,606 | 9,142 | 8,042 | 6,538 | 11,168 | 11,250 | 11,293 | 11,423 | 11,643 | 10,935 | 11,534 | 12,143 | 9,290 | 12,107 | 9,520 | 9,856 | |
| Total All Sectors | 336,020 | 333,459 | 350,348 | 345,864 | 389,532 | 401,390 | 392,549 | 372,064 | 335,813 | 328,674 | 308,334 | 299,617 | 305,119 | 296,653 | 288,691 | 283,218 | 289,831 | |
| Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Data Source: US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P10. | ||||||||||||||||||