[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 14, Volume 4] [Revised as of January 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 14CFR314.13] [Page 340] TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS) PART 314_EMPLOYEE PROTECTION PROGRAM--Table of Contents Subpart B_Determination of Qualifying Dislocation Sec. 314.13 Disposition of applications. (a) After the due date for answers, the Department will dismiss the application or begin an investigation to determine whether a qualifying dislocation has occurred. (b) The Department will dismiss an application if it does not name an employee who, on October 24, 1978, had been employed by a carrier for at least 4 years. (c) The Department will dismiss an application if the carrier has neither become bankrupt nor undergone a major contraction. (d) The Department will dismiss an application even though the carrier has become bankrupt or undergone a major contraction, if it finds that the bankruptcy or major contraction clearly did not have as its major cause the change in regulatory structure provided by the Airline Deregulation Act. (e) A DOT order dismissing an application will announce the reasons for the dismissal.