American has almost 40k more employees than Delta & United
Sep 25, 2022, 12:15 am
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American has almost 40k more employees than Delta & United
Any idea why American has so many more employees than Delta & United.
American: 123k
United: 84k
Delta: 83k
They all operate similar networks so surprising they have that many more employees.
American: 123k
United: 84k
Delta: 83k
They all operate similar networks so surprising they have that many more employees.
Sep 25, 2022, 6:20 am
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Sep 25, 2022, 6:52 am
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One question- I tried to quickly Google this but couldn’t find a definitive answer.
Does that figure include employees from wholly owned regionals? So is that an American Airlines Group employee count?
Does that figure include employees from wholly owned regionals? So is that an American Airlines Group employee count?
Sep 25, 2022, 7:15 am
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they may have similar networks but do they operate similar numbers of flights to each other?
According to wiki
AA - 6800 flights per day / 350 destinations / 917 planes
DL - 5400 / 325 destinations / 877 planes
So that would account for part of it plus as others have mentioned does AA directly employ more staff whereas DL and UA have contracted out some functions so those staff don't appear in the employee headcount
According to wiki
AA - 6800 flights per day / 350 destinations / 917 planes
DL - 5400 / 325 destinations / 877 planes
So that would account for part of it plus as others have mentioned does AA directly employ more staff whereas DL and UA have contracted out some functions so those staff don't appear in the employee headcount
Sep 25, 2022, 7:36 am
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Does the AA number include the three wholly owned regional subsidiaries - Envoy, PSA and Piedmont? If so, that number probably makes sense.
Sep 25, 2022, 10:13 am
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This appears to be the source of the number: https://www.statista.com/statistics/...irlines-group/
They have a source for their information, but you need an account to view it
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Sep 25, 2022, 1:50 pm
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Sep 25, 2022, 2:03 pm
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Delta owns one (Endeavor Air). They also sold Delta Global Services which did alot of their ground handling. AA owns three regionals and between mainline, Envoy and Piedmont does all of their domestic ground handling internally. AA also outsources less maintenance than it's competitors.
Sep 25, 2022, 5:24 pm
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Delta TechOps at ATL is pretty large. Don't know specific numbers, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is similar in size.
Sep 25, 2022, 5:57 pm
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