FAPA's method of tracking U.S. major airline pilot hiring leads to double-counting, since pilots at smaller carriers defect to larger carriers. FAPA estimates the double-counting to be no greater than 15% of the total reported. Future retirements will be the predominate driver of future hiring. Click here to view FAPA's Age 65 retirement chart.

Airline	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	Totals
United Airlines	571	305	636	92	137	830	511	999	543	799	1032	6455
American Airlines	891	865	725	63	30	17	246	84	600	1082	1171	5774
Delta Air Lines	551	801	25	0	0	0	121	1027	423	430	812	4190
Southwest Airlines	121	83	142	187	423	155	201	211	239	412	425	2599
Northwest	208	17	0	0	15	390	454	333	416	354	355	2542
FedEx	271	15	21	72	99	479	387	164	173	55	216	1952
UPS Airlines	336	124	32	0	380	193	178	94	162	28	206	1733
Continental Airlines	275	1	20	19	75	52	146	183	423	93	75	1362
America West	132	58	0	0	0	0	139	120	128	167	250	994
Alaska Airlines	71	50	66	0	0	52	115	64	83	58	137	696
ATA	22	11	17	45	86	34	33	80	121	62	63	574
AirTran Airways	0	0	0	22	39	61	26	15	75	77	96	411
JetBlue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	124	144
TOTALS	3567	2406	1720	547	1359	2369	2604	3414	3511	4721	4962	31323

Airline	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	YTD
Alaska Airlines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
Allegiant Air	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
American Airlines	190	157	157	65	37	0	0	131					737
Atlas Air	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
Delta Air Lines	194	102	183	21	0	0	0	0					500
FedEx	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
Frontier	39	38	32	16	6	0	0	0					131
Hawaiian Airlines Numbers from May-August are estimates.	10	20	10	8	0	0	15	20					83
JetBlue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
Southwest Airlines	17	0	0	14	0	0	0	0					31
Spirit Airlines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
UPS Airlines	20	0	22	15	27	31	15	33					163
United Airlines	133	236	157	180	29	24	22	37					818
TOTALS	603	553	561	319	99	55	52	221	0	0	0	0	2463

Airline	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	Totals
Hawaiian Airlines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	229	179	52	83	477
Delta Air Lines	812	420	0	0	0	0	0	392	332	0	155	0	0	0	915	958	1206	1082	582	492	410	745	2392	2424	1022	500	14339
Southwest Airlines	425	444	195	147	384	350	628	432	384	0	0	262	140	60	345	276	631	898	759	402	28	120	1140	1916	294	31	10660
American Airlines	1171	797	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	500	313	519	637	897	934	354	581	1941	2211	749	737	11624
United Airlines	1032	194	0	0	0	0	0	120	115	0	0	0	0	398	381	872	522	290	599	905	153	1280	2500	2349	1317	818	13027
JetBlue	124	121	250	216	206	498	450	434	95	30	113	275	68	283	420	289	273	271	278	395	87	405	826	498	122	0	7027
FedEx	216	404	210	7	159	433	315	38	0	0	0	139	152	14	8	137	427	428	413	370	265	651	599	2	0	0	5387
UPS Airlines	206	223	0	0	32	244	170	232	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	85	63	332	216	247	229	322	425	13	288	163	3367
Alaska Airlines	137	121	65	26	0	59	122	131	7	0	0	6	76	45	153	225	184	237	134	249	57	157	608	379	18	0	3196
Spirit Airlines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	274	288	456	404	379	225	410	995	879	0	0	4310
Continental Airlines	75	137	0	0	0	408	495	544	110	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1769
AirTran Airways	96	183	84	111	190	259	263	287	81	0	140	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1710
Atlas Air	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	357	324	251	380	386	910	554	417	0	3579
Northwest	355	264	0	0	0	0	0	90	108	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		817
America West	250	40	13	126	190	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		669
ATA	63	52	34	221	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		408
Frontier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	227	141	217	562	496	303	131	1946
Allegiant Air	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	126	69	152	230	296	252	0	1125
TOTALS	4962	3400	851	854	1199	2301	2443	2700	1232	30	408	698	436	820	2762	3429	4113	4988	4606	4977	2398	5443	13357	12196	4834	2463	85191