Table 24: Average Monthly Originating Passengers per Full-Time Equivalent Employee*

Network Carriers
Ranked by First Quarter 2007 Performance

(Originating Passengers per FTE)

2007Rank	Network	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Change 2002-2007
1	Alaska	80	77	86	99	102	94	14
2	US Airways	65	63	68	86	83	89	24
3	Northwest	50	52	60	66	77	86	36
4	Continental	56	52	56	64	70	70	14
5	Delta	59	59	64	75	73	68	9
6	American	43	43	56	62	65	62	19
7	United	37	41	48	50	56	59	22
	7-Carrier Average	50	50	59	66	69	69	19

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.