June 2009 passenger airline employment down 6.3% from June 2008

18-Aug-2009 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 6.3 percent fewer workers in June 2009 than in June 2008, the 12th consecutive decrease in full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today (Table 1). FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.