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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Administration opposes airlines in lawsuit over crew breaks

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The Biden administration has sided against the airline industry and urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to uphold a California law that would provide more rest and meal breaks than airline crews are guaranteed under federal rules.

The U.S. solicitor general and other administration officials said in a filing that California's law is not pre-empted by the Federal Aviation Administration's authority to regulate airline safety.

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