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A. An employer is any common carrier engaged in inter-state or foreign commerce and any carrier by air transporting mail for or under contract with the United States Government.
82. Q. When is a common carrier engaged in "interstate or foreign commerce"?
A. "Interstate or foreign commerce" has the same meaning as "interstate air transport", in section 1(2J) of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, with an additional clarification that craft engaged in transport entirely outside of the United States may be engaged in commerce subject to the Act if such craft is eligible for registration under Section 501(b) of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended.
83. Q. Would a pilot flying a plane for Standard Oil Company be eligible to participate in the Air Line Pilots' Retirement System?
A. No. The Standard Oil Company is not a common carrier by air.
84. Q. Suppose I become physically unable to continue as a pilot; but my employer keeps me in service on a job which does not involve flying. Could I continue in the Air Line Pilots' Retirement System?
A. No. You must have a job with an air line company with duties which involve command of or the piloting of aircraft while under way and hold a commercial or an air line transport pilot's certificate in order to be "pilot" within the meaning of that word as used in the Air Line Pilots' Retirement System.
85. Q. Would my membership in the System continue if I am assigned to a job which involves some flying, though not regularly?