Total Flight Attendant Employee Equivalents | |||||||||||||
1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||
American | 18,013 | 17,542 | 17,690 | 18,184 | 21,119 | 21,534 | 20,835 | 21,356 | 18,421 | 17,484 | 17,183 | 16,552 | |
Continental | 4,974 | 5,110 | 5,746 | 6,665 | 7,629 | 8,082 | 8,150 | 7,251 | 7,277 | 7,386 | 8,072 | 8,360 | |
Delta | 15,926 | 14,403 | 15,637 | 16,553 | 17,306 | 17,657 | 16,895 | 14,804 | 12,760 | 12,781 | 12,015 | 10,454 | |
Northwest | 8,706 | 9,305 | 9,649 | 10,080 | 10,222 | 10,753 | 10,363 | 9,243 | 8,403 | 8,636 | 8,860 | 7,869 | |
United | 13,822 | 14,161 | 11,355 | 22,373 | 24,845 | 23,821 | 23,707 | 18,696 | 16,235 | 15,250 | 15,295 | 14,881 | |
US Airways | 7,816 | 7,777 | 7,992 | 7,955 | 8,517 | 9,857 | 7,078 | 6,977 | 6,020 | 5,689 | 4,734 | 5,244 | |
America West | 1,883 | 1,991 | 2,160 | 2,311 | 2,835 | 1,810 | 2,321 | 2,368 | 2,395 | 2,604 | 2,558 | 2,712 | |
--sub Network | 71,140 | 70,289 | 70,229 | 84,121 | 92,473 | 93,514 | 89,349 | 80,695 | 71,511 | 69,830 | 68,717 | 66,072 | |
Southwest | 3,236 | 3,718 | 3,969 | 4,274 | 4,983 | 5,260 | 5,701 | 6,302 | 5,992 | 6,155 | 6,727 | 7,056 | |
jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | - | 434 | 591 | 973 | 1,309 | 1,685 | 2,060 | |
AirTran | - | - | - | 563 | 619 | 731 | 742 | 904 | 1,034 | 1,208 | 1,448 | 1,751 | |
Frontier | 114 | 260 | 126 | 137 | 158 | 150 | 387 | 512 | 586 | 761 | 890 | 874 | |
ATA | 1,071 | 1,269 | 1,314 | 1,357 | 444 | 1,484 | 1,727 | 1,803 | 1,595 | 1,109 | 893 | - | |
--sub LCC | 4,421 | 5,247 | 5,409 | 6,331 | 6,204 | 7,625 | 8,991 | 10,112 | 10,180 | 10,542 | 11,643 | 11,741 | |
Alaska | 1,351 | 1,871 | 1,486 | 1,594 | 1,703 | 1,748 | 1,857 | 1,905 | 2,032 | 2,312 | 2,203 | 2,321 | |
Hawaiian | 523 | 542 | 543 | 563 | 729 | 894 | 640 | 640 | 640 | 799 | 682 | 899 | |
Midwest | 243 | 270 | 280 | 337 | 367 | 463 | 354 | 370 | 328 | 362 | 409 | 438 | |
-- sub Other | 2,117 | 2,683 | 2,309 | 2,494 | 2,799 | 3,105 | 2,851 | 2,915 | 3,000 | 3,473 | 3,294 | 3,658 | |
Total All Sectors | 77,678 | 78,219 | 77,947 | 92,946 | 101,476 | 104,244 | 101,191 | 93,722 | 84,691 | 83,845 | 83,654 | 81,471 |