Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Number of Employees
Certificated Carriers
Year End Data 1982

CARRIER GROUP NAME FULL TIME PART TIME TOTAL
MAJORS      
American 33,474 2,401 35,875
Continental 13,306 1,196 14,502
Delta 35,914 473 36,387
Eastern 38,411 2,431 40,842
Northwest 13,644 110 13,754
Pan American 28,803 268 29,071
Republic 14,385 41 14,426
Trans World 27,673 1,571 29,244
United 39,413 2,300 41,713
USAIR 10,833 213 11,046
Western 9,745 266 10,011
Total Majors 265,601 11,270 276,871
NATIONALS      
Air California 1,562 151 1,713
Air Florida 1,630 138 1,768
Alaska 1,774 131 1,905
Aloha 751 62 813
Capital 1,064 91 1,155
Flying Tiger 6,149 633 6,782
Frontier 5,326 33 5,359
Hawaiian 950 114 1,064
Ozark 3,993   3,993
Pacific Southwest 3,486 54 3,540
Piedmont 6,559 1,146 7,705
Southwest 2,820 98 2,918
Texas Int'l     0
Transamerica 1,468 468 1,936
Wien 1,098 61 1,159
World 1,741 227 1,968
Total Nationals 40,371 3,407 43,778
Large Regionals      
Air Midwest 410 25 435
Air Wisconsin 516 10 526
Alaska Int'l 187 17 204
Empire     0
Evergreen 239 15 254
Midway 709 198 907
Muse 429 11 440
New York Air     0
Pacific East     0
Pacific Express 356 3 359
People Express 1,020 809 1,829
Reeve 221 56 277
Rosenbalm     0
Southern Air 99 2 101
Zantop 986 62 1,048
Total Large Regional 5,172 1,208 6,380
Medium Regionals      
Aerostar 56   56
American Int'l      
American Trans Air 224 42 266
Arista      
Arrow      
Best      
Emerald 123 1 124
Global 258 54 312
Great American 20 3 23
Guy America 97 3 100
Jet America      
Kodiak 284 25 309
Mcculloch 30 8 38
Mid South 1 1 2
Munz 49 5 54
Northeastern 21 2 23
Overseas 215 6 221
Peninsula 244   244
Rich      
Sky West 48 2 50
T-Bird 180 10 190
Wright 18   18
Total Medium Regionals 1,868 162 2,030
Total Form 41 Carriers 313,012 16,047 329,059


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