Total Full-time Employee Equivalents
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
 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       64,529           59,532            61,527       98,885     101,504    103,101
 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       78,498           75,918            77,928       82,000       83,974      85,987
 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       87,966           87,405            84,472       84,228       88,814      85,644
 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       31,241           32,132            32,843                -                  -                -  
 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    262,234       254,987        256,770    265,113    274,292   274,732
 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       43,840         42,955            44,169       47,395       51,037      54,815
 jetBlue                       -                    -                    -                    -                    -                 693           2,116           2,928           4,343           5,850           7,462           9,272           9,713         10,177           10,583            11,211             11,749       12,345           12,778            13,387       14,432       15,611      16,998
 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         4,422             3,384              3,932        2,979        3,412       3,844
Virgin America                      -                    -                    -                    -                    -                    -                    -                    -                    -                    -                    -                    -                    -                 980              1,421              1,770               2,115         2,381             2,481              2,489         2,656         2,934        3,206
  --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      62,988         61,598          63,977      67,462      72,994     78,863
 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         9,176             9,489            10,471       11,614       12,225      13,896
 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         4,863             5,251              5,368         5,520         6,160        6,661
 Spirit                    393               547               786                  -             1,973           1,911           2,049           2,579           2,568           2,511           2,154           2,018           2,145           2,410              1,901              2,351               2,501        3,725             3,764            4,164         4,833         5,756        7,104
 Allegiant                       -                    -                    -                    -                    -                    -                    -                    -                 292               437               563               841           1,133           1,330              1,533              1,585               1,571         1,799             1,978              1,938         2,546         3,146        3,433
  -- sub Other               9,414        10,401        11,270        11,053        11,435        14,723        15,042        15,599        15,778        15,976        14,841        15,409        16,273        13,368          15,981          16,387           17,254      19,563         20,482          21,941      24,513      27,287     31,094
 Total All Sectors           379,033      376,941      396,476      392,583      444,895      458,101      448,714      425,494      385,668      376,249      354,582      346,197      352,276      344,721        335,219        333,080         340,778    344,785       337,067        342,688    357,088    374,573   384,689
Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable.  
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P10.