Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling Employees per Aircraft
NO ADJUSTMENTS MADE
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                49.74                49.78                50.55                49.35                50.58                49.54                47.46                43.21                40.20                38.79                37.21                38.00                39.25                38.66                39.59                37.83                37.77                35.61                30.48                30.73                33.31                34.33                33.98                33.66                36.94                38.08
Continental                34.91                36.62                37.80                38.86                39.83                41.50                42.14                40.05                40.70                39.14                40.36                40.85                42.08                41.18                41.20                40.76                38.22                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
Delta                49.66                43.78                49.87                52.81                53.58                52.11                48.69                33.02                33.35                40.98                38.67                39.83                36.65                36.24                35.16                34.63                36.84                37.46                37.09                35.62                34.78                34.01                33.14                32.82                32.13                25.70
Northwest                48.73                48.72                48.32                48.95                49.77                49.60                46.82                41.98                40.32                38.40                36.16                34.71                32.43                34.79                30.55                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
United                47.16                49.59                35.07                38.12                32.63                31.51                29.48                53.31                37.91                56.14                56.41                55.01                55.36                50.59                55.09                56.92                58.36                60.61                62.60                58.55                55.90                57.82                50.67                59.94                53.67                44.07
US Airways                39.76                37.07                37.73                38.45                37.48                38.04                39.55                38.08                34.81                36.20                29.32                10.09                19.41                34.35                31.74                31.29                31.09                30.38                30.70                32.48                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
America West                34.84                41.32                41.61                43.66                41.67                37.93                29.16                41.06                33.57                37.83                27.35                30.35                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
 --sub Network                45.78                45.19                43.83                45.07                44.48                43.87                42.05                41.98                37.85                41.96                39.54                33.81                35.01                39.56                39.19                39.22                39.72                42.82                41.97                40.53                40.26                41.11                38.61                40.43                40.39                35.69
Southwest                44.21                57.60                57.72                       -                  51.81                47.50                45.41                47.25                45.30                37.94                33.25                31.45                29.95                28.48                26.82                25.75                26.83                29.08                28.17                29.16                28.59                28.94                31.49                30.82                30.96                27.03
AirTran                       -                         -                    9.45                23.91                29.96                30.44                28.80                29.01                31.17                28.30                25.52                23.74                22.97                21.93                22.40                21.72                20.62                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
jetBlue                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                  68.50                53.56                43.31                40.03                37.65                34.78                31.11                24.03                30.49                32.00                29.91                29.32                27.83                27.08                27.98                27.91                28.15                26.90                26.28                17.96
Alaska                43.76                48.15                52.48                50.65                51.26                49.92                30.25                47.09                42.23                37.11                35.30                30.76                31.33                31.97                29.61                26.63                24.61                24.21                22.58                23.27                27.17                24.47                27.80                23.53                21.04                28.78
Virgin America                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                    1.37                16.40                15.94                14.27                12.97                12.66                12.51                12.01                11.25                12.01                       -                         -                         -  
Hawaiian                33.27                36.90                39.47                37.41                  2.16                41.00                36.21                52.99                42.47                51.09                46.66                49.70                45.99                       -                  47.23                48.31                53.76                49.15                47.40                46.86                46.14                52.23                53.78                54.42                51.04                26.45
 --sub Hybrid                51.08                59.60                54.11                14.68                46.52                45.42                40.19                45.81                42.96                37.37                33.51                31.28                29.56                25.84                27.52                26.76                26.73                28.70                27.56                28.02                28.26                28.22                30.28                29.86                29.11                25.21
Allegiant                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                  22.32                22.13                15.99                27.85                15.28                12.92                12.38                  8.92                  5.72                  4.85                  5.67                  4.22                  4.22                  3.96                  4.09                  6.14                  6.80                  5.69
Frontier                19.40                17.66                17.61                26.64                36.67                33.11                45.29                62.43                37.76                40.94                34.05                34.26                45.52                46.24                51.28                38.52                34.22                32.04                23.36                29.53                24.39                26.52                30.41                29.71                29.18                33.18
Spirit                11.21                10.26                  1.39                       -                    1.22                31.33                27.53                37.03                38.07                30.46                24.39                21.28                17.26                17.92                19.19                22.09                15.69                14.79                  8.09                  8.47                  4.39                  3.82                  3.39                  2.93                  2.75                  2.64
 -- sub ULCC                14.58                13.48                  9.56                12.48                17.91                31.34                33.85                44.17                37.25                35.03                28.32                29.11                30.53                29.91                30.67                22.86                18.53                17.45                12.05                13.09                  9.99                10.27                10.33                11.17                11.66                11.04
Total All Sectors                46.22                46.50                44.69                41.19                44.46                43.94                41.64                42.59                38.70                40.94                38.03                33.18                33.67                35.50                35.61                35.05                35.08                37.65                36.47                35.57                35.12                35.39                34.28                35.05                34.67                30.20
Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable.  
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P10 & T2.