U.S. set to finalize new flight attendant rest time rules --sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is set as early as Tuesday to require that airline flight attendants receive at least 10 hours of rest time between shifts after Congress directed the action in 2018, sources told Reuters.

The FAA first proposed the rule in October 2021. Under existing rules, flight attendants get at least nine hours of rest time but it can be as little as eight hours in certain circumstances. The FAA declined to comment on Monday.

(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Leslie Adler)