{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s2109","title":5,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2109.","heading":"Air traffic controller; Secretary","text":"\u00a7\u202f2109.\nAir traffic controller; Secretary\nFor the purpose of this title\u2014\n(1) \u201cair traffic controller\u201d or \u201ccontroller\u201d means a civilian employee of the Department of Transportation or the Department of Defense who, in an air traffic control facility or flight service station facility\u2014\n(A) is actively engaged\u2014\n(i) in the separation and control of air traffic; or\n(ii) in providing preflight, inflight, or airport advisory service to aircraft operators; or\n(B) is the immediate supervisor of any employee described in subparagraph (A); and\n(2) \u201cSecretary\u201d, when used in connection with \u201cair traffic controller\u201d or \u201ccontroller\u201d, means the Secretary of Transportation with respect to controllers in the Department of Transportation, and the Secretary of Defense with respect to controllers in the Department of Defense.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t5/s2109.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s2109","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2109."},{"t":"heading","text":"Air traffic controller; Secretary","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For the purpose of this title\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s2109/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" \u201cair traffic controller\u201d or \u201ccontroller\u201d means a civilian employee of the Department of Transportation or the Department of Defense who, in an air traffic control facility or flight service station facility\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s2109/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" is actively engaged\u2014"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t5/s2109/1/A/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"content","text":" in the separation and control of air traffic; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t5/s2109/1/A/ii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(ii)"},{"t":"content","text":" in providing preflight, inflight, or airport advisory service to aircraft operators; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s2109/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" is the immediate supervisor of any employee described in subparagraph (A); and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s2109/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cSecretary\u201d, when used in connection with \u201cair traffic controller\u201d or \u201ccontroller\u201d, means the Secretary of Transportation with respect to controllers in the Department of Transportation, and the Secretary of Defense with respect to controllers in the Department of Defense.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}