Aviation Groups Urge FAA to Assert Federal Authority Over Pilot Duty, Rest Rules

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Originally published at: Aviation Groups Urge FAA to Assert Federal Authority Over Pilot Duty, Rest Rules

Aviation groups are urging the FAA to establish a uniform federal standard for flightcrew meal and rest requirements.

[Pete_P]

What need is the State ruleset fulfilling, that is not covered or is inadequate in the Federal rules? This would be a good time to close those “holes” in the rules, such as what defines an hour of work, that may be rendered void as an airline can define any time prior to passengers boarding as non-work time (and the FA doesn’t get paid for that time), which seems ridiculous.