| Total Flight Attendant 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 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
| American | 18,013 | 17,542 | 17,690 | 18,184 | 21,119 | 21,534 | 20,835 | 21,356 | 18,421 | 17,484 | 17,183 | 16,552 | 16,268 | 15,962 | 15,025 | 14,918 | 15,288 | 15,338 | 15,038 | 15,949 | 24,087 | 24,670 | 25,385 | 25,281 | 24,986 | 13,015 | |
| Continental | 4,974 | 5,110 | 5,746 | 6,665 | 7,629 | 8,082 | 8,150 | 7,251 | 7,277 | 7,386 | 8,072 | 8,360 | 8,798 | 8,808 | 8,473 | 8,505 | 8,494 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Delta | 15,926 | 14,403 | 15,637 | 16,553 | 17,306 | 17,657 | 16,895 | 14,804 | 12,760 | 12,781 | 12,015 | 10,454 | 10,921 | 11,742 | 11,237 | 18,279 | 19,132 | 18,483 | 17,966 | 18,816 | 19,749 | 20,672 | 20,796 | 21,439 | 22,228 | 13,411 | |
| Northwest | 8,706 | 9,305 | 9,649 | 10,080 | 10,222 | 10,753 | 10,363 | 9,243 | 8,403 | 8,636 | 8,860 | 7,869 | 7,680 | 7,298 | 5,754 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| United | 13,822 | 14,161 | 11,355 | 22,373 | 24,845 | 23,821 | 23,707 | 18,696 | 16,235 | 15,250 | 15,295 | 14,881 | 15,027 | 13,214 | 12,974 | 12,752 | 12,620 | 21,488 | 21,337 | 21,238 | 21,383 | 23,101 | 21,399 | 22,464 | 23,361 | 15,265 | |
| US Airways | 7,816 | 7,777 | 7,992 | 7,955 | 8,517 | 9,857 | 7,078 | 6,977 | 6,020 | 5,689 | 4,734 | 5,244 | 7,299 | 7,099 | 6,837 | 6,982 | 7,184 | 7,072 | 7,719 | 7,717 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| America West | 1,883 | 1,991 | 2,160 | 2,311 | 2,835 | 1,810 | 2,321 | 2,368 | 2,395 | 2,604 | 2,558 | 2,712 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| --sub Network | 71,140 | 70,289 | 70,229 | 84,121 | 92,473 | 93,514 | 89,349 | 80,695 | 71,511 | 69,830 | 68,717 | 66,072 | 65,993 | 64,123 | 60,300 | 61,436 | 62,718 | 62,381 | 62,060 | 63,720 | 65,219 | 68,443 | 67,580 | 69,184 | 70,575 | 41,691 | |
| Southwest | 3,236 | 3,718 | 3,969 | - | 4,983 | 5,260 | 5,701 | 6,302 | 5,992 | 6,155 | 6,727 | 7,056 | 7,425 | 7,692 | 7,700 | 8,755 | 9,359 | 11,081 | 11,057 | 10,691 | 12,334 | 13,623 | 14,308 | 15,118 | 15,882 | 14,425 | |
| AirTran | - | - | 95 | 563 | 619 | 731 | 742 | 904 | 1,034 | 1,208 | 1,448 | 1,751 | 1,977 | 1,958 | 2,002 | 2,013 | 2,139 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | - | 434 | 591 | 973 | 1,309 | 1,685 | 2,060 | 1,929 | 1,980 | 2,019 | 2,093 | 2,251 | 2,473 | 2,580 | 2,764 | 3,076 | 3,627 | 4,221 | 4,503 | 4,857 | 4,555 | |
| Alaska | 1,351 | 1,871 | 1,486 | 513 | 548 | 1,748 | 1,857 | 1,905 | 2,032 | 2,312 | 2,203 | 2,321 | 2,410 | 2,329 | 2,216 | 34 | 33 | 2,856 | 3,038 | 3,278 | 3,660 | 3,921 | 4,392 | 5,817 | 6,043 | 5,730 | |
| Virgin America | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 522 | 430 | 2 | 3 | 825 | 824 | 776 | 873 | 1,023 | 1,156 | - | - | - | |
| Hawaiian | 523 | 542 | 543 | 563 | 41 | 894 | 640 | 640 | 640 | 799 | 682 | 899 | 960 | - | 1,022 | 1,068 | 1,221 | 1,465 | 1,643 | 1,657 | 1,707 | 1,800 | 1,910 | 2,101 | 2,151 | 1,378 | |
| --sub Hybrid | 5,110 | 6,131 | 6,093 | 1,639 | 6,191 | 8,633 | 9,374 | 10,342 | 10,671 | 11,783 | 12,745 | 14,087 | 14,701 | 14,481 | 15,389 | 13,965 | 15,006 | 18,700 | 19,142 | 19,166 | 21,650 | 23,994 | 25,987 | 27,539 | 28,933 | 26,088 | |
| Allegiant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 108 | 103 | 135 | 210 | 267 | 339 | 410 | 403 | 438 | 548 | 580 | 601 | 825 | 1,037 | 1,239 | 1,370 | 1,626 | 1,583 | |
| Frontier | 114 | 260 | 126 | 137 | 158 | 150 | 387 | 512 | 586 | 761 | 890 | 874 | 1,000 | 916 | 885 | 1,546 | 1,604 | 1,489 | 1,094 | 1,077 | 181 | 170 | 153 | 164 | 159 | 153 | |
| Spirit | 90 | 199 | 159 | - | 375 | 456 | 488 | 594 | 523 | 504 | 443 | 467 | 634 | 859 | 538 | 679 | 838 | 1,045 | 1,286 | 1,463 | 2,048 | 2,416 | 3,051 | 3,680 | 4,022 | 4,129 | |
| -- sub ULCC | 204 | 459 | 285 | 137 | 533 | 606 | 875 | 1,106 | 1,217 | 1,368 | 1,468 | 1,551 | 1,901 | 2,114 | 1,833 | 2,628 | 2,880 | 3,082 | 2,960 | 3,141 | 3,054 | 3,623 | 4,443 | 5,214 | 5,807 | 5,865 | |
| Total All Sectors | 76,454 | 76,879 | 76,607 | 85,897 | 99,197 | 102,753 | 99,598 | 92,143 | 83,399 | 82,981 | 82,930 | 81,710 | 82,595 | 80,718 | 77,522 | 78,029 | 80,604 | 84,163 | 84,162 | 86,027 | 89,923 | 96,060 | 98,010 | 101,937 | 105,315 | 73,644 | |
| Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data Source: US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P10. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||