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[23] The Ninth Circuit also affirmed the district court's decision that the FAAct does not preempt CA MRB, finding that CA MRB does not have a "direct bearing on the field of aviation safety."[24] The Ninth Circuit further held that 14 C.F.R. [13] It found only one FAA regulation, [14] C.F.R. § 121.467(b) (prohibiting flight attendants from working duty periods of longer than 14 hours and requiring a nine-hour rest period between duty periods), that it deemed to regulate flight attendant breaks in some way. California courts, however, are applying California's meal period and rest break laws (CA MRB) to flight attendants. California is regulating airline crew in a way that significantly impacts air carriers' prices, routes, and services and interferes with the comprehensive federal regulatory scheme directly governing pilot and flight attendant duty and rest periods. [Extracted from the article]