“[W]hether, under 5 U.S.C. § 8336(e), petitioners’ time in the military in assignments having air traffic control duties is creditable as years of service toward early retirement from a civilian position as an air traffic controller.”
“[T]he court, in banc, holds that OPM properly refused to credit petitioners’ military service in calculating their eligibility under § 8336(e)for early retirement. Accordingly, we affirm the denial of petitioners’ claims.”