Total Management and Other 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              13,663                8,513                9,296              10,006              10,729              10,518              11,235              11,736                8,400                8,307                7,669                7,321                7,338                7,131                6,816                6,787                6,987                7,115                6,795                6,805              15,674              17,018              18,063              18,289              18,485              14,953
Continental                8,286                8,503                9,239              10,259              11,144              11,365              10,864                9,295              10,072                8,823                7,992                8,643                8,873                8,622                8,247                7,932                7,228                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
Delta                8,242                6,840                6,746                7,293                7,693                7,616                8,961              14,858              13,750              13,355              11,611                9,738                9,264                8,388                7,870              15,455              15,826              14,550              12,916              13,475              14,390              14,337              15,043              15,876              17,451              13,461
Northwest                7,194                7,334                7,543                7,737                7,980                8,123                7,641                6,563                5,943                5,689                5,466                5,106                5,326                5,466                4,308                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
United              23,510              27,236              17,897              18,317              20,721              25,309              26,441              12,738                9,409                4,665                4,358                3,714                3,817                2,972                2,872                3,118                3,382                6,126                5,445                5,141                5,106                5,351                5,579                5,672                6,047                5,185
US Airways                7,862                7,698                7,453                6,545                7,342                7,018                5,273                4,664                4,317                4,087                3,242                2,982                6,050                5,599                5,613                5,661                6,275                6,218                6,298                6,227                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
America West                3,244                2,985                3,311                3,625                3,746                3,209                3,015                2,947                3,213                3,111                2,991                3,554                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
 --sub Network              72,001              69,109              61,485              63,782              69,355              73,158              73,430              62,801              55,104              48,037              43,329              41,058              40,668              38,178              35,726              38,953              39,698              34,009              31,454              31,648              35,170              36,706              38,685              39,837              41,983              33,599
Southwest                1,932                2,305                2,520                       -                  3,284                3,491                4,060                4,457                4,602                4,427                4,256                4,099                4,283                4,471                4,304                4,281                4,584                5,479                5,556                5,655                6,144                6,913                7,401                7,470                7,873                7,760
AirTran                       -                         -                        59                   716                   946                   962                   955                   919                   956                1,147                1,175                1,223                1,388                1,350                1,337                1,294                   817                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
jetBlue                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                     440                   257                   348                   597                1,019                1,403                1,601                1,633                1,732                1,729                1,821                1,949                1,977                2,095                2,000                1,932                2,077                2,176                2,264                2,397                2,179
Alaska                1,132                1,187                1,227                1,302                1,342                1,426                1,501                1,494                1,526                1,199                1,669                1,514                1,639                1,584                1,371                1,189                1,376                1,389                1,444                1,788                2,010                2,081                2,454                2,837                2,833                2,547
Virgin America                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                     196                   183                   193                   234                   254                   312                   310                   319                   285                   186                       -                         -                         -  
Hawaiian                   357                   399                   407                   434                      29                   467                   477                   477                   477                   465                   538                   495                   446                       -                     318                   327                   326                   382                   451                   496                   553                   672                   719                   779                   889                   801
 --sub Hybrid                3,421                3,891                4,213                2,452                5,601                6,786                7,250                7,695                8,158                8,257                9,041                8,932                9,389                9,333                9,242                9,105                9,286                9,481                9,858              10,249              10,958              12,028              12,936              13,350              13,992              13,287
Allegiant                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                        65                      41                      57                      80                   121                   135                   163                   155                   213                   296                   311                   336                   444                   532                   481                   613                   470                   343
Frontier                      52                      62                      76                      91                   178                   232                   241                   275                   306                   399                   379                   410                   511                   448                   454                   167                   103                   143                   149                   267                   256                   268                   404                   292                   345                   317
Spirit                      77                   109                   146                       -                     672                   222                   263                   346                   341                   381                   328                   313                   303                   365                   231                   349                   368                1,209                1,005                   957                   938                1,191                1,371                1,646                1,791                1,661
 -- sub ULCC                   129                   171                   222                      91                   850                   454                   504                   621                   712                   821                   764                   803                   935                   948                   848                   671                   684                1,648                1,465                1,560                1,638                1,991                2,256                2,551                2,606                2,321
Total All Sectors              75,551              73,171              65,920              66,325              75,806              80,398              81,184              71,117              63,974              57,115              53,134              50,793              50,992              48,459              45,816              48,729              49,668              45,138              42,777              43,457              47,766              50,725              53,877              55,738              58,581              49,207
Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable.  
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P10.