In 2018 the FAA Reauthorization Act passed instructing the FAA to create a ten hour minimum rest rule for flight attendants who work less than 14 hours a day. This implementation was delayed until the DOT opened a comment section for 60 days ending on January 3, 2022. 

 

The comments have been closed for over FOUR months now and the disposition and implementation is still pending. 

 

The delay in implementing the minimal humane resting period has been long enough, as it's been FOUR years since the law passed. 

 

Enough is enough. 

 

Request the authorities in government to implement the 10 Hour Rest Rule Now! 

 

This petition is directed to: 

 

President Joe Biden

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW

Washington, DC 20500

 

Speaker of the House 

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi 

1236 Longworth H.O.B.

Washington, DC 20515

 

The Secretary of Transportation

The Honorable Pete Buttigieg

U.S. Department of Transportation

1200 New Jersey Ave, SE

Washington, DC 20590

 

FAA Administrator 

Steve Dickson

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

800 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, DC 20591

 

 

 

2018 FAA Reauthorization Bill 

 

The final rule shall ensure that—

 

a flight attendant scheduled to a duty period of 14 hours or less is given a scheduled rest period of at least ten consecutive hours; and

the rest period is not reduced under any circumstances.

 

AGENCY:

 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT).

 

ACTION:

 

Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

 

SUMMARY:

 

This action arises out of a statutory mandate in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, which requires rulemaking to increase the minimum rest period for flight attendants in domestic, flag, and supplemental operations who are scheduled for a duty period of 14 hours or less. The statute also requires rulemaking to prohibit a reduction of the rest period under any circumstances. Consistent with the statutory mandate, the FAA proposes to amend its regulations to ensure that flight attendants scheduled to a duty period of 14 hours or less are given a scheduled rest period of at least 10 consecutive hours and that the rest period is not reduced under any circumstances.

 

 

Document Citation: 86 FR 60424

 

Page: 60424-60434

 

(11 pages)

 

CFR: 14 CFR 121

 

Agency/Docket Numbers: Docket No.: FAA-2019-0770

 

Notice No. 22-01

 

RIN: 2120-AL41

 

Document Number: 2021-23253

 

Docket Number: FAA-2019-0770

 

Docket Name: Flight Attendant Duty Period Limitations and Rest Requirements

 

Docket RIN 2120-AL41

 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/02/2021-23253/flight-attendant-duty-period-limitations-and-rest-requirements