US reports 0.6% drop in Sep-2010 passenger airline employment

US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) stated (16-Nov-2010) US passenger airline employment levels fell 0.6% year-on-year in Sep-2010. Details include:

• Full-time-equivalent employee levels:
  • Network: +0.3%;
  • LCCs: +2.7%;
  • Regional: -6.6%;
• Details of US network airlines' full-time-equivalent employee levels include:
  • Delta: 75,800, +67.2%;
  • American: 65,400, -3.5%;
  • United: 43,600, -1.8%;
  • Continental: 32,600, -2.4%;
  • US Airways: 29,400, -3%;
• Details of US low-cost airlines' full-time-equivalent employee levels include:
  • Southwest: 34,836, +0.1%;
  • JetBlue: 11,100, +3%;
  • AirTran: 7742, +0.3%;
  • Frontier: 4976, +16.3%;
  • Spirit: 2187, +17%. [more]