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They're on the front lines in the nation's Skies, dealing with safety in-flight emergencies and bad behavior.
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For years, flight attendants have complained they're overworked and overstressed. As Federal rules allowed them to work 14-hour days with nine hours of rest between ships.
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Today the FAA ordered flight attendants must get a minimum of 10 hours rest. - They need just as much rest, because flight attendants are the foundation of aviation safety's culture starting with cabin safety.
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It comes after Airlines asked all crew members to work extra shifts during the summer travel surge.
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It's not just the full flights and the overtime flight attendants continue to deal with this increase, in unruly sometimes even violent behavior on board their planes.
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This has been the most challenging time in the history of our aviation. - While some airlines have already adopted the new rest rules.
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They must all comply after the new year, meanwhile 43 percent of Americans are planning to pay more to travel this holiday season.
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But a new bank rate survey finds nearly 8 out of 10 are changing their plans due to inflation, roughly a quarter say they'll travel fewer days and shorter distances.
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Drive instead of fly and select less expensive destinations or hotels, a third say holiday travel plans will strain their budgets.
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They still want to travel, they still want to have the big holiday meal and all the gifts under the tree, but they're going to try to cut some corners⁽¹⁾ and do it differently.
