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| FAA Issues Pilot Duty and Rest Rule
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Updated On: Jan 20, 2012 (11:05:00)
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the long awaited Pilot Duty and Rest Requirements to address pilot fatigue. The Pilot Fatigue Rule will take effect in two years to allow passenger airline operators time to transition.
AFA believes that now that the pilot rule is done, it is imperative that the FAA initiate rulemaking to address flight attendant fatigue. As the FAA states in the pilot final rule, its incremental approach contemplates “future rulemaking initiatives [that] may address fatigue concerns related to flight attendants, maintenance personnel, and dispatchers.”
In preparation for this moment, AFA has worked to assure that there is a sound, scientific basis for demanding these increased protections. Due to AFA’s lobbying, the FY ’05 Omnibus Appropriations bill contained $200,000 for the FAA to conduct a study of flight attendant fatigue. Follow-on research, which involved AFA members’ participation, began in 2007 and resulted in six additional reports, laying the empirical groundwork for a Flight Attendant Duty and Rest Regulation to address fatigue.
AFA will continue to strive for contract provisions that protect Flight Attendants from fatigue and to defend the right of Flight Attendants to call in fatigued without discipline.
Additional information on this subject can be found on our fatigue page.
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