AIRLINE EMPLOYMENT FIGURE DOWN IN AUGUST

The US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data for August shows US scheduled passenger airlines employed 1.7% fewer workers in August 2010 than in August 2009. This is the 26th consecutive decrease in full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year. BTS, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that the August FTE total of 377,835 for the scheduled passenger carriers was 6,469 below that of August 2009. Five network airlines decreased employment from August 2009 to August 2010.  The sixth network carrier, Delta Air Lines, after completing