"Table 5: Network Carrier FTE Employees, August 2001-2005*",,,,,,,,,,
(Ranked by August 2005 FTE Employees),,,,,,,,,,
Rank,,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,"Percentage 
Full-time Employees",,,
,,,,,,,2001,2005,,
1,American**,"96,254","99,575","81,951","79,814","75,905",85.4,86.0,,
2,United,"96,423","79,690","59,840","58,490","53,923",90.4,88.6,,
3,Delta,"75,995","66,148","59,037","57,850","51,967",83.4,88.6,,
4,Northwest,"50,060","45,142","38,615","38,389","33,105",93.2,93.8,,
5,Continental,"42,143","36,938","34,679","34,842","32,603",79.1,80.3,,
6,US Airways,"44,387","33,842","26,413","25,851","21,283",90.6,86.4,,
7,Alaska,"10,277","10,325","10,109","10,182","8,988",88.0,89.5,,
8,TWA,"17,856",N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,94.4,N/A,,
,Total,"433,393","371,659","310,642","305,317","277,773",87.3,87.3,,
* 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. ,,,,,,,,,,
Note: Detail may not add to total due to rounding,,,,,,,,,,
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,,,,,