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.