Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act
PL 111-119 (S.1422), enacted 12/21/2009

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 regu-
lations of the Federal Aviation Administration) meets 
the hours of service requirement specified in subpara-
graph (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 pre-
vious 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 speci-
fying 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 
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123 STAT. 3477 
PUBLIC LAW 111–119—DEC. 21, 2009 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1422: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 155 (2009): 
Nov. 10, considered and passed Senate. 
Dec. 2, considered and passed House. 
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 poli-
cies.’’. 
(b) CALCULATION OF LEAVE FOR AIRLINE FLIGHT CREWS.—Sec-
tion 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 calcu-
lating the leave described in paragraph (1) with respect to 
employees described in section 101(2)(D).’’. 
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