"Table 6: Top 10 Airlines, February 2007",,,,,
Ranked by Number of Full-Time Equivalent Employees* ,,,,,
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Rank ,Airline,Total FTE Employees (000),Carrier Group,Jan 2006 Rank,Jan 2005 Rank
1,American,72.5,Network,1,1
2,United,51.9,Network,2,2
3,Delta,45.0,Network,3,3
4,Continental,34.9,Network,4,5
5,Southwest,32.8,Low Cost,5,6
6,Northwest,29.2,Network,6,4
7,US Airways,19.5,Network,7,7
8,America West,12.4,Low Cost,8,8
9,JetBlue,9.5,Low Cost,11,12
10,Alaska,9.3,Network,10,10
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 Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,,
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.,,,,,