FAA removes 10 categorizations of airline fault (federalregister.gov)
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Here are the 10 rule adjustments:
(1) aircraft cleaning necessitated by the death of a passenger,
(2) aircraft damage caused by extreme weather, foreign object debris, or sabotage,
(3) a baggage or cargo loading delay caused by an outage of a bag system not controlled by a carrier or its contractor,
(4) cybersecurity attacks (provided that the air carrier is in compliance with applicable cybersecurity regulations),
(5) a shutdown or system failure of government systems that directly affects the ability of an air carrier to conduct flights safely and is unexpected,
(6) overheated brakes due to a safety incident resulting in the use of emergency procedures,
(7) unscheduled maintenance, including in response to an airworthiness directive, manifesting outside a scheduled maintenance program that cannot be deferred or must be addressed before flight,
(8) an emergency that required medical attention through no fault of the carrier,
(9) the removal of an unruly passenger, and
(10) an airport closure due to the presence of volcanic ash, wind, or wind shear.
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For context, this is a DOT reporting rule taking effect October 19 that implements Section 511(b) of the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Act, and the agency's own analysis says it expects the amenities and compensation airlines offer under their customer service plans to fall, since those commitments cover only delays and cancellations coded as carrier-controllable, though it says it can't estimate by how much. It will also likely make the controllable-delay figures on the DOT dashboard hard to compare from before and after the change.