"Table 6: Top 10 Airlines, January 2006",,,,,
Ranked by Number of Full-Time Equivalent Employees* ,,,,,
Rank ,Airline,Total FTE Employees (000),Carrier Group,Jan.  2005 Rank,Jan.  2004 Rank
1,American,74.7,Network,1,1
2,United,53.4,Network,2,2
3,Delta,48.6,Network,3,3
4,Continental,33.1,Network,5,5
5,Southwest,31.4,Low-cost,6,6
6,Northwest,31.0,Network,4,4
7,US Airways,19.9,Network,7,7
8,America West,11.4,Low-cost,8,8
9,American Eagle,9.4,Regional,9,10
10,Alaska,9.0,Network,10,9
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.,,,,,
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,,