Well... the folks at
AIR, Inc., also dropped us a summary of the latest Pilot Furlough
stats and while the numbers aren't getting much worse, they don't
seem to be getting a whole heck of a lot better.
With an expected hiring/re-hiring thaw coming in the coming year
(and continued improvement in travel bookings), we're expecting
significant improvement for 2004.
We'll keep you up to date as the situation progresses. Cross
your fingers for improvement, folks...
Major Airlines
Number of
Pilot Furloughs
Total Pilots
Percentage of
Pilots Furloughed
ABX Air
0
366
N/A
Alaska Airlines
0
859
N/A
America West
0
1,217
N/A
American Airlines
2,127
9,117
23.33%
ASTAR Air Cargo
0
243
N/A
ATA Airlines
0
338
N/A
Continental Airlines
639
4,080
15.66%
Delta Air Lines
1,060
8,145
13.23%
FedEx
0
2,273
N/A
Northwest Airlines
928
5,608
16.55%
Southwest Airlines
0
1,126
N/A
United Airlines
1,967
8,101
24.28%
United Parcel Service
0
2,500
N/A
US Airways
1,879
5,408
33.32%
TOTAL
8,294
49,381
16.80%
National Airlines
Number of
Pilot furloughs
Total Pilots
Percentage of
Pilots Furloughed
Air Transport Int'l
0
275
N/A
Air Wisconsin
0
700
N/A
AirNet Express
0
200
N/A
AirTran Airways
0
750
N/A
Aloha Airlines
0
300
N/A
American Eagle
135
2,466
5. 5%
Atlantic Coast Airlines
30
1,900
1.59%
Atlantic Southeast
0
1,424
N/A
Atlas Air
0
758
N/A
Champion Air
38
170
22.35%
Comair
0
1,700
N/A
Evergreen Int'l Airlines
0
235
N/A
Express One Int'l
0
300
N/A
ExpressJet
335
1,800
15.95%
Frontier Airlines
0
420
N/A
Gemini Air Cargo
23
286
8%
Hawaiian Airlines
105
451
23.28%
Horizon Air
0
635
N/A
jetBlue
0
650
N/A
Kitty Hawk Air Cargo
0
135
N/A
Mesa Airlines
0
1,375
N/A
Mesaba Airlines
0
900
N/A
Midwest Airlines
120
285
23.76%
Piedmont Airlines
0
405
N/A
Polar Air Cargo
0
271
N/A
Ryan Int'l Airlines
0
550
N/A
SkyWest Airlines
0
1,275
N/A
Spirit Airlines
0
358
N/A
Sun Country Airlines
176
243
72.43%
Trans States Airlines
0
350
N/A
USA Jet Airlines
1
125
.8%
World Airways
0
330
N/A
TOTAL
1,151
22,022
5.22%
Total Jet Operators
151
3,937
3.84%
Total Non-Jet
Operators
32
3,023
1.06%
Total Fractionals
0
3,649
N/A
Total Helicopters
6
1,949
.31%
Total Crew
Leasing/Foreign/Tng
0
10,525
N/A
Total
Upstarts
0
9
N/A
AIRLINE TOTAL
9,634
94,495
10.20%
Note:
TBD = To be determined
The Allied Pilots Association (APA) representing pilots at
American Airlines says the carrier is planning an additional 1,610
through July 2004.
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