The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has scheduled oral argument for January 7, 2019 in the lawsuit brought over a decade ago that challenged the Federal Aviation Administration's practice of providing compensatory time and credit hours in lieu of time-and-a-half overtime pay. Earlier court decisions in this litigation threw out the claims involving compensatory time and limited recovery for the NATCA plaintiffs to compensation for only those credit hours that were accumulated in excess of the 24-hour limit during the statutory recovery period that ended on Sept. 30, 2009. The FAA and Department of Justice made an unsuccessful attempt in the last round of litigation to submit evidence of credit hour usage by the NATCA plaintiffs after Oct. 1, 2009, in an effort to have the court reduce the damage awards for the NATCA plaintiffs. The trial court's decision to exclude that evidence is the issue currently under review by the appeals court. With an oral argument now scheduled on this issue, the case may finally be resolved in the coming months. NATCA will keep members updated as additional developments occur. Members with questions about the status of the case should contact NATCA General Counsel Marguerite L. Graf ( [email protected]).