US reports 2.7% fall in May-2010 airline employment

US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) stated (20-Jul-2010) US passenger airline employment levels fell 2.7% year-on-year in May-2010. Details include:

• Full-time-equivalent employee levels: -2.7% year-on-year;
  • Network: -1.9%;
  • LCCs: +0.6%;
  • Regional: -8%.

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

• Delta: 74,700, +64.2%;
• American: 65,800, -3.9%;
• United: 43,600, -4.4%:
• Continental: 32,800, -7.1%;
• US Airways: 29,500, -5.2%
• Alaska Airlines: 9,200, -3.1%;

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

• Southwest: 34,613, -2.3%;
• JetBlue: 11,273, +4.7%.
• AirTran: 7,955, -2%;
• Frontier: 4,876, +10.2%:
• Spirit: 2,061,+6.7%;
• Allegiant: 1,629, +11.5%;
• Virgin America: 1,527, +7.3% [more]