Ensuring Passenger Safety by Preempting Duty and Rest Requirements
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- What it does
FAA proposes to clarify that FAA regulations governing flightcrew member and flight attendant duty and rest periods preempt all State and local meal and rest break requirements. This proposed rule also explains the agency's view that State meal and rest break requirements are preempted by the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 (ADA) due to their significant impact on air carrier prices, routes, and services.
The Federal Aviation Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What it would change
2 parts of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
- Before this
No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2120-AM27 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
Send comments on or before September 4, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-13546 |
|---|---|
| Action | Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). |
| Agencies | Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration |
| Published | July 6, 2026 |
| Comments close | Sept. 4, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 2120-AM27 |
| Docket | FAA-2026-6739 |
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