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Number of Employees
Certificated Carriers
Year End Data 1973

CARRIER GROUP NAME FULL TIME PART TIME TOTAL
Domestic Trunk      
American 36,795   36,795
Braniff 9,035   9,035
Continental 9,041   9,041
Delta 28,160   28,160
Eastern 34,893   34,893
National 7,935   7,935
Northwest 10,362   10,362
TWA 32,703   32,703
United 49,286   49,286
Western 9,813   9,813
Total Domestic Trunk 228,023   228,023
Local Service      
Allegheny 7,821   7,821
Frontier 3,561   3,561
Hughes d/b/a Air West 3,476   3,476
North Central 3,278   3,278
Ozark 2,613   2,613
Piedmont 3,282   3,282
Southern 2,493   2,493
Texas International 2,180   2,180
Total Local Service 28,704   28,704
Helicopter      
Chicago 54   54
New York 214   214
San Francisco & Oakland 153   153
Total Helicopter 421   421
Intra-Alaska      
Alaska 1,045   1,045
Reeve 83   83
Kodiak-Western Alaska 166   166
Wien Consolidated 646   646
Total Intra-Alaska 1,940   1,940
Intra-Hawaii      
Aloha 880   880
Hawaii 1,326   1,326
Total Intra-Hawaii 2,206   2,206
Other Carriers      
Aspen 90   90
Wright 69   69
Total Other Carriers 159   159
All-Cargo (domestic)      
Airlift 653   653
Flying Tiger 3,125   3,125
Total All-Cargo (domestic) 3,778   3,778
International      
American 836   836
Braniff 1,630   1,630
Continental 68    
Eastern 1,638   1,638
National 62   62
Northwest 901   901
Pan American Total 34,570   34,570
TWA 4,547   4,547
Western 202   202
Total International 44,454   44,454
International All-Cargo      
Airlift 19   19
Flying Tiger 425   425
Seaboard 1,690   1,690
Total International All-Cargo 2,134 0 2,134
Supplement      
Capital 508   508
Johnson 77   77
McColluch 190   190
Modern 452   452
Overseas 1,048   1,048
Saturn 893   893
Southern 133   133
Trans International 1,016   1,016
World 1,086   1,086
Total - Total Supplement 5,403   5,403
Industry Total 317,222   317,222
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