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.