"Table 5: Network Carrier FTE Employees, October 2001-2005*",,,,,,,,
(Ranked by October 2005 FTE Employees),,,,,,,,
Rank,,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,Percentage Full-time Employees ,
,,,,,,,2001,2005
1,American**,"91,300","99,422","80,665","79,166","75,460",86.4,86.2
2,United,"95,836","79,121","59,609","58,447","53,916",90.4,88.8
3,Delta,"75,229","65,611","58,466","57,243","50,745",83.0,88.9
4,Northwest,"47,132","44,542","38,075","37,528","32,999",96.3,94.1
5,Continental,"39,662","36,818","34,580","34,512","32,587",80.0,80.4
6,US Airways,"42,909","33,302","26,270","25,672","20,663",90.4,86.0
7,Alaska,"10,157","10,283","10,028","9,809","9,018",87.6,89.4
8,TWA,"17,670",N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,94.3,N/A
,Total,"419,893","369,097","307,692","302,375","275,388",88.0,87.5
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one 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. ,,,,,,,,
Note: Detail may not add to total due to rounding,,,,,,,,
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,,,,,