To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to increase the rest periods of flight attendants to the same rest periods of pilots.

Bill: 114-hr-4295
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2015-12-18
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports

Transportation employees

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2015-12-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-12-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to increase the rest periods for flight attendants to ensure that a flight attendant scheduled to a duty period of 14 hours or less is given a scheduled rest period of at least 10 consecutive hours.</p> <p>The scheduled duty period may be reduced to at least 9 consecutive hours if the flight attendant is provided a subsequent rest period of at least 11 consecutive hours that: (1) is scheduled to begin within 24 hours after the beginning of the reduced rest period, and (2) occurs between the completion of the scheduled duty period and the commencement of the subsequent duty period.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4295 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 18, 2015 Mrs. Lawrence (for herself and Mrs. Watson Coleman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to increase the rest periods of flight attendants to the same rest periods of pilots.

1. Rest periods for flight attendants Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall increase the rest periods described in section 121.467(b) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that— (1) a flight attendant scheduled to a duty period of 14 hours or less as provided under paragraph (b)(1) of such section must be given a scheduled rest period of at least 10 consecutive hours; and (2) the scheduled duty period may be reduced to a period of not less than 9 consecutive hours, if the flight attendant is provided a subsequent rest period of at least 11 consecutive hours and the subsequent rest period is scheduled to begin not later than 24 hours after the beginning of the reduced rest period and must occur between the completion of the scheduled duty period and the commencement of the subsequent duty period.