Thu, Feb 19, 2009
Sixth Consecutive Drop In Full-Time Levels
US
scheduled passenger airlines employed 6.7 percent fewer workers in
December 2008 than in December 2007, the sixth consecutive decrease
in full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled
passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year and the
largest year-to-year decrease since December 2003.
According to the Department of Transportation's Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (BTS), the December FTE total of 391,918
for the scheduled passenger carriers was the lowest total since
1993. FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one
full-time employee.
All the network airlines decreased employment from December 2007
to December 2008, as did low-cost carriers AirTran Airways and
Frontier Airlines. Regional carriers American Eagle Airlines,
SkyWest Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines, Comair, Horizon Air, Mesa
Airlines, Executive Airlines, and PSA Airlines also reported
reduced employment levels compared to last year.
The seven network carriers employed 264,744 FTEs in December,
67.6 percent of the passenger airline total, while low-cost
carriers employed 16.0 percent and regional carriers employed 14.8
percent. American Airlines employed the most FTEs in December among
the network carriers, Southwest Airlines employed the most among
low-cost carriers, and American Eagle employed the most among
regional carriers.
Five low-cost carriers reported year-to-year increases: Virgin
America, Allegiant Airlines, Southwest, Spirit Airlines, and
JetBlue Airways. As for regional airlines, only Compass Airlines
and Mesaba Airlines reported increases to worker ranks.
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