In order to be eligible to take leave under the FMLA, an airline flight crew employee must work for a covered employer; be employed at a worksite where the employer has 50 or more employees within 75 miles; have worked for the employer for 12 months; and meet the hours of service requirement.
Last week, 200 white trucks said to be carrying humanitarian aid headed to eastern Ukraine from Russia. Russia called it an aid convoy but Ukraine indicated that it would allow the trucks in only if they were accompanied by teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Ukraine â not the Ukraine â is a country in Eastern Europe, between Russia and Central Europe. It's big: about the area of Texas, with a little less than twice the population. That's continued right up to today's crisis. Ukraine has a long history of being subjugated by foreign powers.