"Table 5: Network Carrier FTE Employees, June 2001-2005*",,,,,,,,
(Ranked by May 2005 FTE Employees),,,,,,,,
Rank,,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,Percentage                    Full-time Employees,
,,,,,,,2001,2005
1,American**,"94,856","98,956","85,508","79,065","75,947",85.2,86.2
2,United,"96,914","79,635","63,618","59,252","54,661",90.3,88.4
3,Delta,"76,140","65,726","58,366","57,915","52,673",83.4,88.6
4,Northwest,"51,710","45,317","38,679","38,517","37,705",93.1,94.6
5,Continental,"42,245","37,003","34,749","35,083","32,679",79.2,80.3
6,US Airways,"44,684","34,153","26,404","26,065","22,224",90.3,87.3
7,Alaska,"10,323","10,290","10,215","10,198","8,870",88.3,89.1
8,TWA,"18,501",N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,94,N/A
,Total,"435,372","371,079","317,538","306,093","284,759",87.2,87.6
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count part-time workers as one-half of a full-time employee.,,,,,,,,
.**American Airline’s statistics beginning in June 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,,,,,,,,