US scheduled passenger airlines employed 381,178 full-time workers in October, a drop of 0.8% year-over-year, according to recently released figures from the US Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
While they reflected the 14th consecutive month of full-time equivalent (FTE) job losses when compared year-over-year, October’s figures were the smallest decline since September 2012, BTS said.

FTE positions were reduced by 1,013 jobs since September. The October 2013 count indicates 3,132 fewer FTE jobs among US scheduled passenger carriers than in September 2012.

US low-cost carriers’ (LCCs) October FTE positions decreased 0.1% from the year-ago month. Year-over-year increases in October FTE jobs at LCCs occurred at Spirit Airlines (up 24%), Allegiant Air (up 12.9%), JetBlue Airways (up 3.9%) and Virgin America (up 2.6%). Year-over-year October FTE job losses at LCCs were reported by Frontier Airlines (down 14.2%) and Southwest Airlines (down 2%).

US regional carriers reported an overall 0.8% year-over-year drop in FTE workforce in October. FTE increases were seen primarily at Republic Airlines (up 26.4%), Mesa Airlines (up 7.7%), American Eagle Airlines (up 6.7%), Shuttle America (up 6.5%), GoJet Airlines (up 5.8%) and SkyWest Airlines (up 3.4). October FTE losses at regional carriers were reported at Endeavor Air (down 14.7%), Chautauqua Airlines (down 11.7%), Air Wisconsin (down 3.5%) and Horizon Air (down 0.5%).

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