[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 29, Volume 2] [Revised as of July 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 29CFR220.10] [Page 126] TITLE 29--LABOR CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PART 220_AIRLINE EMPLOYEE PROTECTION PROGRAM--Table of Contents Subpart B_Designated Employees' Eligibility and Rights Sec. 220.10 Eligibility requirements. (a) To qualify as a designated employee eligible for rights under this part 220, an applicant must be a protected employee who is involuntarily placed on furlough or is terminated by a covered air carrier during the eligibility period. (b) A protected employee shall not be deemed to be furloughed or terminated if such employee: (1) Retired voluntarily; (2) Was required to retire by virtue of reaching the mandatory retirement age, if any, established by a covered air carrier or as prescribed by any government agency with regulatory authority over a covered air carrier; (3) Retired due to a disability; (4) Is on strike or is withholding services in support of other employees who have struck the covered air carrier; (5) Is terminated for cause as defined in Sec. 220.01; (6) Resigned or voluntarily quit for any reason. (c) A designated employee who is recalled by his former carrier is no longer eligible under this section to exercise the first-right-of- hire. Such a person may become a designated employee in the future due to a subsequent termination or furlough which occurs on or prior to the expiration of the eligibility period.