BTS Releases May 2012 Airline Full-Time and Part-Time Employment Data
Last week, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), updated its airline employment web page with May 2012 full-time and part-time employment data.
Total employment (full-time + part-time) by all U.S. airlines including scheduled passenger, charter and cargo:
May 2011 575,358
April 2012 585,583 (revised)
May 2012 586,362
Individual airline numbers are available on the BTS airline employment web page. The web page provides full-time and part-time employment numbers by carrier by month from 1990 through May 2012.
Airlines that operate at least one aircraft with the capacity to carry combined passengers, cargo and fuel of 18,000 pounds - the payload factor - must report monthly employment statistics.
The next web update for full-time and part-time employment is scheduled for Aug. 20. The BTS press release on full-time equivalent employment for scheduled passenger airlines, including historic comparisons and summary tables, will be issued on July 25.