"Table 6: Top 10 Airlines, April 2007",,,,,
Ranked by Number of Full-Time Equivalent Employees* ,,,,,
Rank ,Airline,Total FTE Employees (000),Carrier Group,Apr 2006 Rank,Apr 2005 Rank
1,American,73.2,Network,1,1
2,United,51.8,Network,2,2
3,Delta,46.0,Network,3,3
4,Continental,35.6,Network,4,5
5,Southwest,33.1,Low Cost,5,6
6,Northwest,29.0,Network,6,4
7,US Airways,19.7,Network,7,7
8,America West,13.1,Low Cost,8,8
9,JetBlue,9.6,Low Cost,9,12
10,Sky West,9.5,Regional,12,11
 Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,,
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.,,,,,