Table 22: Average Monthly Originating Passengers per Full-Time Equivalent Employee*

Passenger Airlines by Group
Ranked by First Quarter 2007 Performance

(Originating Passengers per FTE)

2007 Rank		2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Change 2002-2007
1	Low-Cost	126	128	140	142	161	166	40
2	Network	50	50	59	66	69	69	19
	14-Carrier Average	61	63	73	80	88	90	29
	Group Difference	76	78	81	76	92	97	21

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, DB1B Origin & Destination Data

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