| Total Pilot and Copilot 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 | 9,000 | 8,954 | 8,885 | 8,813 | 9,533 | 10,408 | 10,960 | 12,319 | 10,857 | 9,929 | 9,074 | 8,572 | 8,343 | 8,306 | 8,092 | 7,934 | 8,029 | 7,737 | 7,890 | 8,587 | 12,363 | 12,702 | 12,802 | 13,621 | 13,841 | 11,604 | |
| Continental | 3,770 | 3,366 | 3,635 | 4,216 | 4,605 | 4,656 | 4,571 | 4,209 | 3,852 | 3,943 | 4,184 | 4,408 | 4,598 | 4,578 | 4,227 | 4,199 | 4,139 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Delta | 8,348 | 8,143 | 8,152 | 8,753 | 8,072 | 9,123 | 8,103 | 8,074 | 7,155 | 6,786 | 6,181 | 5,706 | 5,904 | 6,391 | 6,581 | 10,701 | 10,708 | 10,606 | 10,547 | 10,741 | 11,476 | 12,026 | 12,734 | 13,206 | 13,065 | 12,257 | |
| Northwest | 4,903 | 5,193 | 5,407 | 5,151 | 5,822 | 5,981 | 6,103 | 5,534 | 5,112 | 4,942 | 4,995 | 4,531 | 4,340 | 4,345 | 3,426 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| United | 7,613 | 7,862 | 9,083 | 10,014 | 11,754 | 11,404 | 11,262 | 7,992 | 7,688 | 6,374 | 6,133 | 6,277 | 6,338 | 6,337 | 5,581 | 5,515 | 5,490 | 9,899 | 10,255 | 10,563 | 11,128 | 11,282 | 11,017 | 11,344 | 11,709 | 10,603 | |
| US Airways | 4,662 | 4,575 | 4,521 | 4,482 | 4,844 | 5,330 | 4,791 | 3,828 | 3,147 | 2,967 | 2,599 | 3,132 | 4,278 | 4,234 | 4,073 | 3,967 | 4,003 | 4,035 | 4,125 | 4,429 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| America West | 1,107 | 1,260 | 1,364 | 1,494 | 1,890 | 1,641 | 1,650 | 1,675 | 1,727 | 1,851 | 1,850 | 1,803 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| --sub Network | 39,403 | 39,353 | 41,047 | 42,923 | 46,520 | 48,543 | 47,440 | 43,631 | 39,538 | 36,792 | 35,016 | 34,429 | 33,801 | 34,191 | 31,980 | 32,316 | 32,369 | 32,277 | 32,817 | 34,320 | 34,967 | 36,010 | 36,553 | 38,171 | 38,615 | 34,464 | |
| Southwest | 2,025 | 2,243 | 2,414 | - | 2,962 | 3,316 | 3,725 | 3,966 | 4,022 | 4,197 | 4,535 | 4,845 | 5,317 | 5,588 | 5,626 | 5,564 | 5,676 | 7,435 | 7,331 | 7,497 | 7,457 | 7,819 | 8,270 | 8,940 | 9,225 | 8,495 | |
| AirTran | - | - | 251 | 429 | 495 | 547 | 642 | 767 | 860 | 902 | 1,133 | 1,325 | 1,498 | 1,559 | 1,535 | 1,622 | 1,626 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | 203 | 252 | 371 | 591 | 809 | 1,059 | 1,451 | 1,707 | 1,794 | 1,795 | 1,828 | 2,021 | 2,183 | 2,315 | 2,572 | 2,837 | 3,040 | 3,224 | 3,385 | 3,572 | 3,729 | |
| Alaska | 892 | 988 | 1,074 | 2,724 | 2,910 | 1,239 | 1,345 | 1,329 | 1,348 | 1,440 | 1,331 | 1,367 | 1,385 | 1,361 | 1,236 | 3,711 | 3,982 | 1,381 | 1,461 | 1,599 | 1,770 | 1,908 | 2,060 | 2,975 | 3,152 | 3,067 | |
| Virgin America | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 217 | 298 | 991 | 1,181 | 554 | 567 | 558 | 592 | 683 | 824 | - | - | - | |
| Hawaiian | 258 | 260 | 268 | 287 | 14 | 405 | 398 | 398 | 398 | 307 | 280 | 312 | 332 | - | 414 | 436 | 515 | 601 | 613 | 599 | 602 | 654 | 747 | 795 | 859 | 765 | |
| -- sub Hybrid | 3,175 | 3,491 | 4,007 | 3,440 | 6,381 | 5,710 | 6,362 | 6,831 | 7,219 | 7,655 | 8,338 | 9,300 | 10,239 | 10,519 | 10,904 | 14,152 | 15,001 | 12,154 | 12,287 | 12,825 | 13,258 | 14,104 | 15,125 | 16,095 | 16,808 | 16,056 | |
| Allegiant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41 | 75 | 141 | 178 | 268 | 307 | 323 | 369 | 400 | 416 | 444 | 553 | 649 | 834 | 953 | 952 | 1,042 | 1,060 | |
| Frontier | 42 | 91 | 288 | 356 | 489 | 547 | 314 | 389 | 489 | 542 | 599 | 655 | 704 | 641 | 634 | 674 | 676 | 653 | 658 | 797 | 962 | 1,105 | 1,172 | 1,323 | 1,522 | 1,582 | |
| Spirit | 76 | 110 | 310 | - | 691 | 244 | 307 | 351 | 354 | 397 | 375 | 368 | 442 | 526 | 416 | 503 | 596 | 714 | 893 | 1,054 | 1,274 | 1,477 | 1,939 | 2,287 | 2,381 | 2,530 | |
| -- sub ULCC | 118 | 201 | 598 | 356 | 1,180 | 791 | 621 | 740 | 884 | 1,014 | 1,115 | 1,201 | 1,414 | 1,474 | 1,373 | 1,546 | 1,672 | 1,783 | 1,995 | 2,404 | 2,885 | 3,416 | 4,064 | 4,562 | 4,945 | 5,172 | |
| Total All Sectors | 42,696 | 43,045 | 45,652 | 46,719 | 54,081 | 55,044 | 54,423 | 51,202 | 47,641 | 45,461 | 44,469 | 44,930 | 45,454 | 46,184 | 44,257 | 48,014 | 49,042 | 46,214 | 47,099 | 49,549 | 51,110 | 53,530 | 55,742 | 58,828 | 60,368 | 55,692 | |
| Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data Source: US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P10. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||