{"id":117296,"date":"2021-10-21T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=117296"},"modified":"2021-10-21T23:36:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T23:36:25","slug":"faa-proposes-minimum-rest-periods-for-flight-attendants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2021\/10\/faa-proposes-minimum-rest-periods-for-flight-attendants.html","title":{"rendered":"FAA proposes minimum rest periods for flight attendants."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing to require flight attendants receive at least 10 hours of rest time between shifts after Congress had directed the action in 2018, according to a document released on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Airlines for America, a trade group representing major carriers including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and others, had previously estimated the rule would cost its members $786 million over 10 years for the 66% of U.S. flight attendants its members employ, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-aviation-safety\/u-s-faa-proposes-minimum-rest-periods-for-flight-attendants-between-shifts-idUSKBN2HB1CT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/en\/2021\/09\/american-airlines-and-indigo-codeshare-agreement.html\">American Airlines and IndiGo announce codeshare agreement.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aviation unions told the FAA the majority of U.S. flight attendants typically do receive 10 hours of rest from airlines but urged the rule\u2019s quick adoption for safety and security reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under existing rules, flight attendants get at least 9 hours of rest time but it can be as little as 8 hours in certain circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFlight attendants serve hundreds of millions of passengers on close to 10 million flights annually in the United States,\u201d the FAA said, adding that they \u201cperform safety and security functions while on duty in addition to serving customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It cited reports about the \u201cpotential for fatigue to be associated with poor performance of safety and security related tasks,\u201d including in 2017, when a flight attendant reported almost causing the gate agent to deploy an emergency exit slide, which was attributed to fatigue and other issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FAA estimated the regulation could prompt the industry to hire another 1,042 flight attendants and cost $118 million annually. If hiring assumptions were cut in half, it said, that would cut estimated costs by over 30%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the FAA published an advance notice of the planned rules in 2019, Delta announce it would mandate the 10-hour rest requirement by February 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FAA proposes to make the new flight attendant rest rules final 30 days after it publishes its final rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-65517b27     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"420\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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