US BTS reports 2.9% fall in Jan-2010 passenger airline employment

US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) stated (16-Mar-2010) US passenger airline employment levels fell 2.9% year-on-year in Jan-2010. Details include:

• Full time equivalent employee levels: -2.9%;
• Network: -2.3%;
• LCCs: +1.4%;
• Regional: -8.5%.

Details of US network airlines' full time equivalent employee levels include:

• Delta: 75,200, +67.1%;
• American: 66,600, -4.7%:
• United: 43,800, -4.3%;
• Continental: 33,100, -4.7%;
• US Airways: 29,800, -4.4%.

Details of US low cost airlines' full time equivalent employee levels include:

• Southwest: 34,791, -2.1% year-on-year;
• JetBlue: 10,975, +4.4%;
• AirTran: 7,739, +1.4%;
• Frontier: 5,114, +15.9%. [more]