US LCC employment levels stable, but overall airline employment falls to 17 year low: LCC share wrap
US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported that US LCCs employed the same number of workers in Dec-2009 as in Dec-2008, with four LCCs reporting year-on-year full-time equivalent employee (FTE) increases: Allegiant Air (+16.1%), Virgin America (+12.9%), AirTran Airways (+4.7%) and JetBlue Airways (+4.6%).