Table 15: Full-Time Equivalent Employees* per Aircraft

Low-Cost Carriers
Ranked by First Quarter 2007 Performance

2007 Rank	Low-Cost	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Change 2002-2007
1	Frontier	86	78	98	91	96	96	10
2	America West	78	83	82	84	83	93	15
3	ATA	114	106	106	105	124	89	-25
4	JetBlue	98	80	97	97	94	78	-20
5	Southwest	89	86	82	73	70	68	-21
6	Spirit	83	83	77	72	62	60	-23
7	AirTran	73	67	74	67	64	59	-14
	7-Carrier Average	88	85	85	79	77	73	-15

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Form 41 Airline Financial Data

* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.