BTS December 2014 passenger airline employment data

US scheduled passenger airlines employed 386,219 workers in December 2014, 1.4% more than in December 2013, the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has reported. December was the 13th consecutive month that full-time equivalent (FTE) employment for US scheduled passenger airlines was higher than the same month of the previous year. The December 2014 FTE total for scheduled passenger airlines was 5,410 more than in December 2013. Scheduled passenger airline categories include network, low-cost, regional and other airlines. The five network airlines that collectively employ two-thirds of the scheduled passenger airline FTEs reported 0.8% more FTEs in