"Table 6: Top 10 Airlines, December 2007",,,,
Ranked by Number of Full-Time Equivalent Employees* ,,,,
Rank ,Airline*,Total FTE Employees (000),Carrier Group,Top 10 Airlines December 2006 
1,American,73.2,Network,American
2,United,52.4,Network,United
3,Delta,48.4,Network,Delta
4,Continental,36.0,Network,Continental
5,Southwest,34.4,Low Cost,Southwest
6,US Airways,32.7,Low Cost,Northwest
7,Northwest,30.0,Network,US Airways
8,Sky West,10.2,Regional,America West
9,JetBlue,10.1,Low Cost ,JetBlue
10,Alaska,9.9,Network,Alaska
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.,,,,