Total Full-time 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              83,463              78,902              80,842              82,470              90,136              92,665              92,277              98,960              84,770              79,410              74,962              72,757              71,818              70,925              66,519              65,506              66,522              64,529              59,532              61,527              98,885            101,504            103,101            102,942            104,216              78,309
Continental              30,228              30,332              33,160              37,299              40,811              42,468              42,159              38,249              38,394              37,147              37,305              39,363              40,948              40,630              38,720              37,760              36,797                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
Delta              66,302              58,839              64,649              69,559              72,449              71,384              70,140              65,319              58,945              57,558              52,231              45,562              47,286              47,420              46,372              76,742              80,158              78,498              75,918              77,928              82,000              83,974              85,987              88,243              89,758              66,444
Northwest              43,581              45,756              47,337              49,294              50,689              51,551              49,910              44,718              39,733              38,454              35,985              30,729              29,619              29,124              22,961                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
United              75,634              79,205              73,328              88,097              92,625              95,327              93,844              75,470              62,326              60,860              56,661              55,027              55,160              51,536              46,587              46,060              46,491              87,966              87,405              84,472              84,228              88,814              85,644              86,641              90,116              69,277
US Airways              40,972              39,952              39,936              38,382              39,905              42,652              34,005              31,404              26,736              26,509              21,202              21,449              34,256              32,683              31,340              30,876              31,551              31,241              32,132              32,843                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
America West              10,122              10,691              11,455              12,430              13,939              12,187              11,994              12,299              12,958              13,743              12,142              13,013                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
 --sub Network            350,302            343,677            350,707            377,531            400,554            408,234            394,329            366,419            323,862            313,681            290,488            277,900            279,087            272,318            252,499            256,944            261,519            262,234            254,987            256,770            265,113            274,292            274,732            277,826            284,090            214,030
Southwest              18,930              22,281              24,185                       -                27,374              28,671              30,848              33,421              33,360              31,675              31,543              32,167              33,680              34,680              33,813              34,230              36,104              43,840              42,955              44,169              47,395              51,037              54,815              56,262              58,263              52,199
AirTran                       -                         -                     569                2,974                3,882                4,035                4,234                4,725                5,350                5,814                6,458                7,415                8,304                8,259                8,220                8,229                7,751                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
jetBlue                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                     693                2,116                2,928                4,343                5,850                7,462                9,272                9,713              10,177              10,583              11,211              11,749              12,345              12,778              13,387              14,432              15,611              16,998              17,681              18,397              16,005
Alaska                7,007                7,647                8,237                8,710                9,310                9,531              10,115              10,142              10,040                9,900                9,269                9,322                9,680                9,628                8,912                8,649                8,917                9,176                9,489              10,471              11,614              12,225              13,896              17,520              17,919              16,643
Virgin America                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                     980                1,421                1,770                2,115                2,381                2,481                2,489                2,656                2,934                3,206                       -                         -                         -  
Hawaiian                2,014                2,207                2,247                2,343                   152                3,281                2,878                2,878                2,878                3,128                2,855                3,243                3,315                       -                  3,635                3,802                4,265                4,863                5,251                5,368                5,520                6,160                6,661                7,291                7,458                5,080
 --sub Hybrid              27,951              32,135              35,238              14,027              40,718              46,211              50,191              54,094              55,971              56,367              57,587              61,419              64,692              63,724              66,584              67,891              70,901              72,605              72,954              75,884              81,617              87,967              95,576              98,754            102,037              89,927
Allegiant                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                     292                   437                   563                   841                1,135                1,330                1,533                1,585                1,571                1,799                1,978                1,938                2,546                3,146                3,433                3,904                4,140                3,953
Frontier                   326                   582                   745                1,025                1,640                1,745                2,145                2,402                2,975                3,634                3,790                4,034                5,219                4,939                4,774                4,309                4,286                4,422                3,384                3,932                2,979                3,412                3,844                4,234                4,964                5,005
Spirit                   393                   547                   786                       -                  1,973                1,911                2,049                2,579                2,568                2,511                2,154                2,018                2,141                2,410                1,901                2,351                2,501                3,725                3,764                4,164                4,833                5,756                7,104                8,381                9,006                9,175
 -- sub ULCC                   719                1,129                1,531                1,025                3,613                3,656                4,194                4,981                5,835                6,582                6,507                6,893                8,495                8,679                8,208                8,245                8,358                9,946                9,126              10,034              10,358              12,314              14,381              16,519              18,110              18,133
Total All Sectors            378,972            376,941            387,476            392,583            444,885            458,101            448,714            425,494            385,668            376,630            354,582            346,212            352,274            344,721            327,291            333,080            340,778            344,785            337,067            342,688            357,088            374,573            384,689            393,099            404,237            322,090
Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable.  
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P10.