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Tue, May 26, 2009

Airlines Employ More Pilots, Maintenance Personnel Last Year

But Overall Industry Jobs Are Down

Figures released today by the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Transportation Statistic (BTS) show that U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.3 percent more pilots and 5.9 percent more maintenance workers in 2008 than in 2007 while total industry jobs declined by 3.0 percent.

Most of the job losses were reported in the "Other" category.

BTS, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that the seven large network carriers employed 1.1 percent more pilots and 8.6 percent more maintenance workers in 2008 than in 2007. The seven largest low-cost carriers employed 1.1 percent fewer pilots and 12.5 percent fewer maintenance workers from 2007 to 2008.

All of the low-cost carriers except Frontier Airlines added pilots from 2007 to 2008. Spirit Airlines had the largest increase in pilot employment followed by Allegiant Airlines. Allegiant had the largest increase in maintenance workers of any low-cost airline from 2007 to 2008 while Spirit had the largest reduction.

The passenger airlines had 8.9 maintenance workers per aircraft in 2008, up from 8.3 per aircraft in 2007. The network airlines had 12.9 maintenance workers per aircraft in 2008, up from 12.3 per aircraft in 2007. Spending by network airlines for outsourced maintenance increased from 42.5 percent of total maintenance spending in 2007 to 42.8 percent in 2008.

Scheduled passenger airlines include network, low-cost, regional and other airlines. Network carriers operate a significant portion of their flights using at least one hub where connections are made for flights on a spoke system. Low-cost carriers are those that the industry recognizes as operating under a low-cost business model, with lower infrastructure and aircraft operating costs.

Data is compiled from annual reports filed with BTS by commercial air carriers, as of May 20. There were 37 reporting scheduled passenger carriers in 2008. Hawaiian Airlines failed to file its report.

FMI http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2009/bts026_09/html/bts026_09.html

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