Delta Airlines Employee Data and Analysis
Delta Airlines
  1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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              1,290              1,240                  1,239            1,221
Seats Per Departure (for SDA purposes)                180                181                180                179                178                178                176                178                180                180                183                187                187                190                188                191                     192               193
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  $            2.50  $            2.45  $                3.10  $          3.29
Airborne Hours / Block Hours 83% 83% 83% 83% 82% 82% 83% 83% 83% 83% 84% 85% 85% 85% 84% 84% 85% 85%
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% 25.9% 39.3% 38.0% 41.3%
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% 11.6% 11.3% 11.2% 10.5%
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  $    4,435,124  $    5,502,757  $        6,471,577  $  6,410,104
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               42.5               42.0                    41.9              41.5
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               46.7               47.0                    45.1              45.9
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               26.3               30.7                    26.9              26.3
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                 9.0                     8.6                8.3
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               18.6               15.0                    14.4              15.4
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                 3.0                 2.9                     2.8                2.8
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         20,180.8         18,635.7         18,763.0             19,000.4        18,940.2
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         10,984.1         10,914.1         10,984.3             10,634.4        10,868.4
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         24,464.3         23,083.2         27,448.1             24,380.6        24,011.4
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           7,979.8           8,033.9               7,781.3         7,582.4
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         16,350.0         13,420.4             13,049.6        14,067.2
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           2,644.7           2,616.3               2,538.2         2,559.0
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                 7.4                 7.4                     7.5                7.5
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                 6.8                 6.6                     7.0                6.8
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               12.0               10.1                    11.8              11.8
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               34.8               34.6                    36.8              37.5
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               17.0               20.7                    22.0              20.2
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              104.9              106.3                  112.9            111.0
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            10,310            10,395                10,633          11,023
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              6,038              6,085                  5,951            6,325
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            12,771            15,207                13,644          13,974
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              4,415              4,451                  4,354            4,413
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              9,046              7,435                  7,303            8,187
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              1,463              1,449                  1,420            1,489
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  $       1,702.7  $       1,982.5  $           2,185.0  $      2,303.2
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  $          997.2  $       1,160.6  $           1,222.9  $      1,321.6
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  $       2,109.1  $       2,900.2  $           2,803.7  $      2,919.8
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  $          848.9  $              894.8  $        922.0
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  $       1,493.9  $       1,418.0  $           1,500.7  $      1,710.6
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  $          241.6  $          276.4  $              291.9  $        311.2
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  $        67,107  $        64,065  $            56,803  $       73,521
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  $      132,374  $      142,801  $           150,099  $     158,227
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  $        39,593  $        39,638  $            40,475  $       44,157
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  $        52,477  $        52,534  $            48,182  $       53,982
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  $        41,779  $        44,681  $            45,654  $       47,006
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  $        59,629  $        61,814  $            60,835  $       67,020
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  $        21,055  $        34,487  $            35,854  $       51,332
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  $        17,453  $        16,425  $            15,569  $       16,375
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  $        17,964  $        18,943  $            18,279  $       21,098
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  $        12,696  $        13,124  $            14,011  $       13,806
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  $        14,155  $        15,236  $            15,508  $       15,988
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  $          8,768  $          8,810  $              8,662  $        9,264
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  $          4,306  $          4,107  $              4,214  $        4,305