[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: 14CFR314.5]



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                     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 A_General

 

Sec. 314.5  Major contractions.



    A major contraction is a reduction by at least 7\1/2\ percent of the 

total number of full-time employees of an air carrier within a 12-month 

period, and includes an advance determination of major contraction as 

set forth in Sec. 314.21. The method by which DOT determines whether a 

carrier has undergone a major contraction is set forth in subpart C.