"Table 5: Network Carrier FTE Employees, July 2001-2005*",,,,,,,,
(Ranked by July 2005 FTE Employees),,,,,,,,
Rank,,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,"Percentage
Full-time Employees   ",
,,,,,,,2001              2005,
1,American,"96,254","98,530","82,247","79,832","81,394",85.4,85.4
2,United,"96,603","79,662","61,093","58,805","54,489",90.4,88.6
3,Delta,"76,380","66,262","59,027","57,850","52,339",83.0,88.6
4,Northwest,"50,945","45,459","38,903","38,610","37,589",93.1,94.4
5,Continental,"42,290","37,053","34,696","34,989","32,629",79.2,80.2
6,US Airways,"44,502","33,978","26,381","25,928","21,715",90.4,86.8
7,Alaska,"10,325","10,312","10,180","10,250","8,989",88.1,89.5
8,TWA,"18,157",N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,94.0,N/A
,Total,"435,456","371,256","312,527","306,264","289,144",87.2,87.3
* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count part-time workers as one-half of a 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. ,,,,,,,,
 Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,,,,,