MEDIA ADVISORY: BTS Releases October Airline Full-Time and Part-Time Employment Data
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Thursday, December 11, 2014
Contact: Dave Smallen
Tel: 202-366-5568
MEDIA ADVISORY
BTS Releases October Airline Full-Time and Part-Time Employment Data
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today updated its airline employment web page with October full-time and part-time employment data.
Total employment (full-time + part-time) by all U.S. airlines including scheduled passenger, charter and cargo:
October 2013 584,495
September 2014 588,315 (revised)
October 2014 590,446
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 October 2014.
Airlines that operate at least one aircraft that has more than 60 seats or the capacity to carry a payload of passengers, cargo and fuel weighing more than 18,000 pounds must report monthly employment statistics.
The next web update for full-time and part-time employment is scheduled for Jan. 14. The BTS press release on full-time equivalent employment for scheduled passenger airlines, including historic comparisons and summary tables, will be issued Dec. 17.
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