Table 9: Network Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, September 2012-2016

(FTEs for Septemberof each year. Ranked by September 2016 FTEs)

Dataset Table:

Rank	Airline	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Percent Change
							2012-2016	2015-2016
1	AA/US Combined	93,814	90,187	91,497	96,700	99,037	5.6	2.4
	American**	63,397	58,876	59,829	96,700	99,037	N/A	2.4
	US Airways**	30,417	31,311	31,668	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	United	82,137	82,082	79,064	78,400	81,776	-0.4	4.3
3	Delta	72,718	73,445	75,616	79,275	79,996	10.0	0.9
4	Alaska	9,206	9,480	9,956	10,940	11,327	23.0	3.5
	Total	257,875	255,194	256,133	265,315	272,136	5.5	2.6

Notes:

* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.

** American Airlines and US Airways merged and began reporting combined numbers in July 2015.

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics