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Number of Employees
Certificated Carriers
Year End Data 1972

CARRIER GROUP NAME FULL TIME PART TIME TOTAL
Domestic Trunk      
American 34,465   34,465
Eastern 33,157   33,157
TWA 32,680   32,680
United 48,690   48,690
Braniff 8,441   8,441
Continental 9,163   9,163
Delta 26,696   26,696
National 7,625   7,625
Northwest 9,118   9,118
Western 9,517   9,517
Total Domestic Trunk 219,552   219,552
Local Service      
Allegheny 7,600   7,600
Frontier 3,265   3,265
Hughes d/b/a Air West 3,408   3,408
North Central 3,135   3,135
Ozark 2,681   2,681
Piedmont 3,038   3,038
Southern 2,084   2,084
Texas International 2,044   2,044
Total Local Service 27,255   27,255
Total Helicopter      
Chicago 44   44
New York 209   209
San Francisco & Oakland 123   123
Total Helicopter 376   376
Intra-Alaska      
Kodiak 31   31
Reeve 154   154
Western Alaska 29   29
Wien Consolidated 624   624
Total Intra-Alaska 838   838
Intra-Hawaii      
Aloha 783   783
Hawaii 1,205   1,205
Total Intra-Hawaii 1,988   1,988
Other Carriers      
Alaska 1,053   1,053
Aspen 82   82
Wright 81   81
Total Other Carriers 1,216   1,216
All-Cargo (domestic)      
Airlift 670   670
Flying Tiger 2,751   2,751
Total All-Cargo (domestic) 3,421   3,421
International      
Air Micronesia      
American 756   756
Braniff 1,589   1,589
Caribbean 568   568
Continental 64    
Eastern 1,269   1,269
National 45   45
Northwest 882   882
Pan American Total 34,916   34,916
TWA 4,325   4,325
Western 177   177
Total International 44,591   44,591
International All-Cargo      
Airlift 65   65
Flying Tiger 444   444
Seaboard 1,847   1,847
Total International All-Cargo 2,356   2,356
Industry Total 301,593   301,593
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