Table 19: Average Monthly Revenue Aircraft Minutes per Full-Time Equivalent Employee*

Passenger Airlines by Group
Ranked by First Quarter 2007 Performance

(Revenue Aircraft Minutes per FTE)

2007 Rank		2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Change 2002-2007
1	Low-Cost	175	188	204	218	231	238	63
2	Network	121	127	144	153	157	159	38
	14-Carrier Average	128	137	155	166	172	176	48
	Group Minutes Difference	54	61	60	65	74	79	25

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment Data

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