Total Flight Attendant Employee Equivalents
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 Southwest           3,236           3,718           3,969           4,274           4,983             5,260           5,701           6,302          5,992           6,155           6,727           7,056
 jetBlue                -                  -                  -                  -                  -                    -                434             591             973           1,309           1,685           2,060
 AirTran                -                  -                  -                563              619               731              742             904          1,034           1,208           1,448           1,751
 Frontier              114             260             126              137              158               150              387             512             586              761             890             874
 ATA           1,071           1,269           1,314           1,357              444             1,484           1,727           1,803          1,595           1,109             893                -  
  --sub LCC           4,421           5,247           5,409           6,331           6,204             7,625           8,991         10,112        10,180         10,542         11,643         11,741
 Alaska           1,351           1,871           1,486           1,594           1,703             1,748           1,857           1,905          2,032           2,312           2,203           2,321
 Hawaiian              523             542             543              563              729               894              640             640             640              799             682             899
 Midwest              243             270             280              337              367               463              354             370             328              362             409             438
  -- sub Other           2,117           2,683           2,309           2,494           2,799             3,105           2,851           2,915          3,000           3,473           3,294           3,658
 Total All Sectors         77,678         78,219         77,947         92,946        101,476         104,244        101,191         93,722        84,691         83,845         83,654         81,471