Fri, Oct 21, 2011
Number Of Jobs Climbed 2.8 Percent Over The Same Month Last
Year
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.8 percent more
workers in August 2011 than they did in August 2010, the U.S.
Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS) reported today. This is the ninth 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 August FTE total of 388,523 for
the scheduled passenger carriers was 10,688 more than that of
August 2010 and the highest employment number since April 2009.
This ninth consecutive monthly increase in FTE levels for the
scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of the previous
year follows declines that began in July 2008. Historic employment
data can be found on the BTS web site.
Of the network airlines, only Alaska Airlines and United
Airlines decreased employment from August 2010 to August 2011.
Continental Airlines reported 9.2 percent more FTEs in August 2011
than in August 2010, the largest increase among the network
carriers. Delta Air Lines followed Continental with a 4.0 percent
increase. Network airlines operate a significant portion of 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 August 2011 than in
August 2010 except for Allegiant Air, which reported a 4.7 percent
decrease. The low-cost carriers with more reported FTEs are Virgin
America Airlines, Spirit Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue
Airways, AirTran Airways and Southwest Airlines. Among the regional
carriers, the six carriers reporting reduced employment levels
compared to last year were Mesa Airlines, Horizon Air, Mesaba
Airlines, Comair, Air Wisconsin and Executive Airlines.
Scheduled passenger airline categories include network,
low-cost, regional and other
airlines.
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