Thu, Mar 17, 2011
Slight Uptick In Number Of Persons Employed By Domestic
Airlines
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 0.4 percent more
workers in January 2011 than they did in January 2010, the U.S.
Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS) reported Tuesday. This is the second consecutive increase in
full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled
passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year. FTE
calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time
employee.
BTS, a part of the Research and
Innovative Technology Administration, reported that the January FTE
total of 380,949 for the scheduled passenger carriers was 1,561
more than that of January 2010 and the highest employment number
since August 2009. This second consecutive monthly increase in FTE
levels for the scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of
the previous year follows declines that began in mid-2008. Historic
employment data can be found on the BTS web site.
Four network airlines - American
Airlines, US Airways, Alaska Airlines and United Airlines -
decreased employment from January 2010 to January 2011. Delta
Air Lines reported 2.7 percent more FTEs in January 2011 than in
January 2010. Continental Airlines, which now includes employees
that formerly worked for Continental Micronesia, reported a 1.0
percent increase. Network airlines operate a significant portion of
their flights using at least one hub where connections are made for
flights to down-line destinations or spoke cities.
All the low-cost carriers reported more
FTEs in January 2011 than in January 2010 except for Frontier
Airlines, which reported a 4.2 percent decrease. They are Virgin
America Airlines; Spirit Airlines; Allegiant Air; JetBlue Airways;
AirTran Airways; and Southwest Airlines.
Regional carriers Lynx Airlines,
Republic Airlines, Mesa Airlines, Horizon Air, Mesaba Airlines,
Comair, and Compass Airlines reported reduced employment levels
compared to last year.
Scheduled passenger airline categories
include network, low-cost, regional and other airlines.
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