Wed, Aug 19, 2009
June 2009 Employment Down 6.3 Percent From A Year Ago
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 6.3 percent fewer
workers in June 2009 than in June 2008, the 12th consecutive
decrease in full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the
scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of the previous
year, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported Tuesday. FTE
calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time
employee.
All the network airlines decreased employment from June 2008 to
June 2009 as did low-cost carriers AirTran Airways and Frontier
Airlines. Regional carriers American Eagle Airlines, SkyWest
Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines, Comair, Atlantic Southeast Airlines,
Pinnacle Airlines, Horizon Air, Mesa Airlines, Air Wisconsin,
Colgan Air and PSA Airlines also reported reduced employment levels
compared to last year.
Scheduled passenger airline categories include network,
low-cost, regional and other airlines. The seven network carriers
employed 260,808 FTEs in June, 67.2 percent of the passenger
airline total, while low-cost carriers employed 16.5 percent and
regional carriers employed 14.6 percent.
American Airlines employed the most FTEs in June among the
network carriers, Southwest Airlines employed the most FTEs among
low-cost carriers, and American Eagle employed the most FTEs among
regional carriers. Seven of the top 10 employers in the industry
are network carriers.
America West Airlines and US Airways now operate under a single
certificate. Joint reporting began with October 2007
data. Before October 2007, US Airways’ employment
numbers were included with the network airlines, while America
West's numbers were included with the low-cost airlines.
Beginning with October 2007 data, US Airways’ numbers are
combined with America West’s numbers in the network airlines
category.
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