SkyWest, Inc. (SKYW)

Regional airline crews, counted by role. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 17, 2026. Ranked 127 of the 175 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing counts 15,775 employees by airline role, pilots, flight attendants, airport operations, maintenance and dispatch, so one pattern carries the whole workforce.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 17% now, 20% at the end of 2027, 21% at the end of 2028, 21% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 21% desk work, 27% people work and 52% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 79% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 15% becomes checking a model's work and 6% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

15,775 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Not stated as a count; a U.S. regional airline under the Railway Labor Act, with no operations abroad described.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we employed 15,775 total employees, consisting of 5,354 pilots, 4,831 flight attendants, 2,028 airport operations personnel, 1,728 maintenance technicians, 967 other maintenance personnel, 199 dispatchers and 668 operational support and administrative personnel.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 15,775 employees by role; 1,957 part-time; about 89.6% represented by in-house labor associations under collective bargaining agreements, none by an outside union; the collector's 15,800 is the filing's rounded figure, the exact count is recorded (rule 2).

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Scheduled Air Transportation, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• American Airlines (AAL, 139,100 employees)17% now, 21% by 2028
• United Airlines (UAL, 113,200 employees)17% now, 21% by 2028
• Delta Air Lines (DAL, 103,000 employees)17% now, 21% by 2028
• Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV, 72,790 employees)17% now, 21% by 2028
• Alaska Air Group, Inc. (ALK, 35,951 employees)17% now, 21% by 2028
• Republic Airways Holdings Inc. (RJET, 8,400 employees)17% now, 21% by 2028
• Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. (ULCC, 7,750 employees)17% now, 21% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

3 sentences in the filing name AI. Three risk-factor sentences: threat actors use artificial intelligence to circumvent security controls, any integration of AI into operations or partners' systems is expected to pose new cybersecurity risks, and developments in AI could raise attrition or hinder recruiting.

• “The methods used to obtain unauthorized access, disable or degrade service or attack or sabotage systems are constantly evolving, and threat actors are becoming increasingly sophisticated in using techniques and tools - including artificial intelligence - that circumvent security controls, evade detection and remove forensic evidence.”
• “Additionally, any integration of artificial intelligence into our operations, products or services, or those of our third party vendors, service providers or airline partners, is expected to pose new or unknown cybersecurity risks and challenges.”
• “Additionally, alternative career opportunities in other industries, developments in artificial intelligence or other macroeconomic factors could increase our attrition and/or negatively impact our ability to recruit new employees.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20220median 0
• Fiscal 20231median 1
• Fiscal 20241median 4
• Fiscal 20253median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• The U.S. share is not stated as a count.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001104659-26-016358, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.