A ban on vaping electronic cigarettes on aircraft is one of the provisions of a five-year, US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act, according to a press note issued by the Association of Flight Attendants – CWA (AFA) through PR Newswire.
The Act, which was said to have received overwhelming bipartisan support, included a large number of provisions such as, in respect of air quality, the introduction of technologies to combat contaminated bleed air; the safe transport of lithium batteries; and a study of oxygen-mask design.
‘Flight Attendants cheer the passage of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 with a provision to combat flight attendant fatigue by increasing minimum rest from eight hours to 10 hours,’ AFA International president Sara Nelson said in a statement.
‘This bill closes a safety loophole while improving Flight Attendant health and achieving equal minimum rest with our flight deck counterparts.’
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