Tue, Oct 21, 2008
Fewer Flights Mean Fewer Pilots, FAs, Ground Support
Workers...
US scheduled passenger airlines
employed 2.1 percent fewer workers in August 2008 than in August
2007, the second 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 October 2006.
Those numbers come from the US Department of Transportation's
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), which issued its monthly
report on the state of airline employment Tuesday.
According to BTS, all network airlines except Alaska Airlines
decreased employment from August 2007 to August 2008, as did
low-cost carriers AirTran Airways and Frontier Airlines. Regional
carriers 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 276,118 FTEs in August, 67.9
percent of the passenger airline total, while low-cost carriers
employed 15.1 percent and regional carriers also employed 14.8
percent.
American Airlines employed the most FTEs in August among the
network carriers, Southwest Airlines employed the most among
low-cost carriers, and American Eagle employed the most among
regional carriers. Seven of the top 10 employers in the industry
are network carriers.
US Airways stood alone among major carriers in reporting more
workers in August 2008... but alas, BTS says that's a numerical
fluke. The airline's August 2007 numbers did not reflect the
carrier's merger with America West; at that time, both airlines
still reported their employment numbers separately, and in
different categories. The combined carrier's overall employment
numbers slipped by 543 workers.
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