US BTS reports 1.7% fall in airline employment

US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) stated (19-Oct-2010) US passenger airline employment levels fell 1.7% year-on-year in Aug-2010. Details include:

• Full time equivalent employee levels: -1.7% year-on-year;
  • Network: -0.9%;
  • LCCs: +2%;
  • Regional: -7.2%.
• Details of US network airlines' full-time equivalent employee levels include:
  • Delta: 75,700, +65%;
  • American: 65,700, -3.1%;
  • United: 43,600, -4.4%;
  • Continental: 32,600, -3.7%;
  • US Airways: 29,400, -4%;
  • Alaska Airlines: 9,100, -2.9%.
• Details of US low cost airlines' full time equivalent employee levels include:
  • Southwest: 34,768, +0.3%;
  • JetBlue: 11,151, +2.1%;
  • AirTran: 7,947, -0.9%;
  • Frontier: 4,847, +11.8%;
  • Spirit: 2,054, +8.7%;
  • Virgin America: 1,634, +12.7%;
  • Allegiant: 1,624, +8.4%. [more]