Employment down again for US carriers
US scheduled airline employment dropped 3.3% in Nov-2009 from the year-ago period, the 17th consecutive decline in full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) from the same month in the previous year, according to the Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). Full-time employment for the US scheduled carrier totaled 379,000, a loss of 12,800 employees and the lowest total for any month since 1993.
