"Table 5: Network Carrier FTE Employees, May 2001-2005*",,,,,,,,
(Ranked by May 2005 FTE Employees),,,,,,,,
Rank,,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,"Percentage 
Full-time Employees ",
,,,,,,,2001,2005
1,American**,"94,737","98,871","87,893","79,171","76,063",85.2,86.4
2,United,"96,429","79,305","64,967","59,326","55,241",89.6,88.6
3,Delta,"76,005","65,576","58,460","58,234","53,222",83.2,88.6
4,Northwest,"51,606","43,924","38,713","38,440","37,661",93.3,94.3
5,Continental,"42,087","36,577","34,954","34,760","32,654",79.2,80.1
6,US Airways,"44,413","34,221","26,774","25,932","22,061",91.1,87.2
7,Alaska,"10,277","10,219","10,187","10,158","8,904",88.0,89.0
8,TWA,"18,585",N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,93.9,N/A
,Total,"434,139","368,692","321,946","306,018","285,805",87.1,87.6
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count part-time workers as one-half of a full-time employee.,,,,,,,,
**American Airline’s statistics beginning in May 2001 reflect that carrier’s absorption of former TWA employees that were retained by AA after its April 2001 acquisition of TWA’s assets. ,,,,,,,,
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,,,,,