123 STAT. 3476 PUBLIC LAW 111–119—DEC. 21, 2009 

Public Law 111–119 

111th Congress 

An Act 

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to clarify the eligibility 

requirements with respect to airline flight crews. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Airline Flight Crew Technical 

Corrections Act’’. 

SEC. 2. LEAVE REQUIREMENT FOR AIRLINE FLIGHT CREWS. 

(a) INCLUSION OF AIRLINE FLIGHT CREWS.—Section 101(2) of 

the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(2)) 

is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(D) AIRLINE FLIGHT CREWS.— 

‘‘(i) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of determining 

whether an employee who is a flight attendant or 

flight crewmember (as such terms are defined in regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration) meets 

the hours of service requirement specified in subparagraph (A)(ii), the employee will be considered to meet 

the requirement if— 

‘‘(I) the employee has worked or been paid 

for not less than 60 percent of the applicable total 

monthly guarantee, or the equivalent, for the previous 12-month period, for or by the employer with 

respect to whom leave is requested under section 

102; and 

‘‘(II) the employee has worked or been paid 

for not less than 504 hours (not counting personal 

commute time or time spent on vacation leave 

or medical or sick leave) during the previous 12- 

month period, for or by that employer. 

‘‘(ii) FILE.—Each employer of an employee 

described in clause (i) shall maintain on file with the 

Secretary (in accordance with such regulations as the 

Secretary may prescribe) containing information specifying the applicable monthly guarantee with respect 

to each category of employee to which such guarantee 

applies. 

‘‘(iii) DEFINITION.—In this subparagraph, the term 

‘applicable monthly guarantee’ means— 

‘‘(I) for an employee described in clause (i) 

other than an employee on reserve status, the 

minimum number of hours for which an employer 

29 USC 2601 

note. 

Airline Flight 

Crew Technical 

Corrections Act. 

Dec. 21, 2009 

[S. 1422] 


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PUBLIC LAW 111–119—DEC. 21, 2009 123 STAT. 3477 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1422: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 155 (2009): 

Nov. 10, considered and passed Senate. 

Dec. 2, considered and passed House. 

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has agreed to schedule such employee for any given 

month; and 

‘‘(II) for an employee described in clause (i) 

who is on reserve status, the number of hours 

for which an employer has agreed to pay such 

employee on reserve status for any given month, 

as established in the applicable collective bargaining 

agreement or, if none exists, in the employer’s policies.’’. 

(b) CALCULATION OF LEAVE FOR AIRLINE FLIGHT CREWS.—Section 102(a) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 

2612(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(5) CALCULATION OF LEAVE FOR AIRLINE FLIGHT CREWS.— The Secretary may provide, by regulation, a method for calculating the leave described in paragraph (1) with respect to 

employees described in section 101(2)(D).’’. 

Approved December 21, 2009. 


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