DOT Says Airline Employment Down

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 5 percent fewer workers in June 2006 than in June 2005, the 18th consecutive month that full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled passenger carriers declined compared to the same month of the previous year, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), reported today. Source: BTS.Gov