Total In-House Maintenance 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              10,483              11,685              12,481              13,767              14,662              15,139              15,497              18,187              16,747              16,717              14,694              14,296              13,980              14,479              12,580              12,621              12,981              12,750              11,143              10,907              14,389              14,971              14,660              14,603              15,597              14,059
Continental                2,774                2,570                2,724                3,027                3,289                3,443                3,534                3,376                3,417                3,576                3,504                3,676                3,808                3,889                3,877                3,877                3,731                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
Delta                7,128                6,099                6,604                7,281                8,252                5,728                5,736                7,869                7,514                7,357                5,917                4,872                5,240                5,272                5,313                7,315                8,345                8,366                8,043                8,269                8,997                9,428                9,630                9,570                8,607                6,539
Northwest                4,651                4,836                5,449                6,179                6,038                5,852                5,444                4,733                2,966                2,531                1,460                   267                   265                   266                   210                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
United                4,623                2,135              15,036              15,541              16,156              15,846              14,828                6,386                8,137                5,459                4,785                4,848                4,891                6,490                4,108                4,162                4,076                8,190                6,668                6,705                7,020                7,239                9,952                7,912                7,652                3,953
US Airways                5,571                5,401                5,438                5,174                4,869                5,353                4,706                4,303                3,636                3,317                2,223                2,782                3,074                3,421                3,644                3,528                3,559                3,527                3,419                3,369                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
America West                   768                   426                   416                   440                   688                   653                   835                   905                   899                   926                   900                   831                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
 --sub Network              35,998              33,152              48,148              51,409              53,954              52,014              50,580              45,759              43,316              39,883              33,483              31,572              31,258              33,817              29,732              31,503              32,692              32,833              29,273              29,250              30,406              31,638              34,242              32,085              31,856              24,551
Southwest                   654                   825                   890                       -                  1,063                1,146                1,292                1,430                1,524                1,586                1,657                1,643                1,682                1,701                1,679                1,645                1,630                1,796                2,073                2,168                2,214                2,268                2,407                2,484                2,547                2,487
AirTran                       -                         -                        64                   301                   334                   337                   372                   367                   350                   359                   364                   407                   409                   405                   358                   375                   358                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
jetBlue                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                        50                      87                   153                   328                   319                   397                   456                   468                   471                   527                   558                   595                   614                   635                   739                   770                   757                   803                   890                   907                   808
Alaska                   429                      26                   462                      25                      27                   562                   644                   621                   601                   946                   199                   705                   699                   727                   701                   654                   652                   650                   660                   684                   665                   684                   706                   939                   946                   855
  Virgin America                      33                      36                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                        19                      97                   132                   172                   201                   196                   213                   221                   250                   265                       -                         -                         -  
Hawaiian                   199                   202                   208                   200                      13                   316                   193                   193                   193                   280                   192                   282                   286                       -                     299                   298                   295                   351                   390                   399                   435                   500                   536                   580                   615                   537
 --sub Hybrid                1,315                1,089                1,624                   526                1,437                2,411                2,588                2,764                2,996                3,490                2,809                3,493                3,544                3,323                3,661                3,662                3,702                3,612                3,954                4,203                4,305                4,459                4,717                4,893                5,015                4,687
Allegiant                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                        16                      41                      46                      70                      88                   122                   157                   237                   222                   250                   288                   158                   313                   416                   403                   409                   420                   416
Frontier                      14                      26                      49                      54                   176                   231                   241                   260                   236                   221                   334                   363                   418                   225                   237                   245                   233                   247                   240                   221                   187                   185                   201                   210                   245                   251
Spirit                      64                      21                   155                       -                     211                   246                   215                   262                   262                   270                   237                   199                   161                      72                   178                   157                   152                   148                   166                   206                   266                   370                   392                   433                   442                   451
 -- sub ULCC                      78                      47                   204                      54                   387                   477                   456                   522                   514                   532                   617                   632                   667                   419                   572                   639                   607                   645                   694                   585                   766                   971                   996                1,052                1,107                1,118
Total All Sectors              37,391              34,288              49,976              51,989              55,778              54,902              53,624              49,045              46,826              43,905              36,909              35,697              35,469              37,559              33,965              35,804              37,001              37,090              33,921              34,038              35,477              37,068              39,955              38,030              37,978              30,356
Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable.  
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P10.