[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR135.117]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                               (CONTINUED)

 

PART 135_OPERATING REQUIREMENTS: COMMUTER AND ON DEMAND OPERATIONS 

AND RULES GOVERNING PERSONS ON BOARD SUCH AIRCRAFT--Table of Contents

 

                       Subpart B_Flight Operations

 

Sec. 135.117  Briefing of passengers before flight.



    (a) Before each takeoff each pilot in command of an aircraft 

carrying passengers shall ensure that all passengers have been orally 

briefed on--

    (1) Smoking. Each passenger shall be briefed on when, where, and 

under what conditions smoking is prohibited (including, but not limited 

to, any applicable requirements of part 252 of this title). This 

briefing shall include a statement that the Federal Aviation Regulations 

require passenger compliance with the lighted passenger information 

signs (if such signs are required), posted placards, areas designated 

for safety purposes as no smoking areas, and crewmember instructions 

with regard to these items. The briefing shall also include a statement 

(if the aircraft is equipped with a lavatory) that Federal law 

prohibits: tampering with, disabling, or destroying any smoke detector 

installed in an aircraft lavatory; smoking in lavatories; and, when 

applicable, smoking in passenger compartments.

    (2) The use of safety belts, including instructions on how to fasten 

and unfasten the safety belts. Each passenger shall be briefed on when, 

where, and under what conditions the safety belt must be fastened about 

that passenger. This briefing shall include a statement that the Federal 

Aviation Regulations require passenger compliance with lighted passenger 

information signs and crewmember instructions concerning the use of 

safety belts.

    (3) The placement of seat backs in an upright position before 

takeoff and landing;

    (4) Location and means for opening the passenger entry door and 

emergency exits;

    (5) Location of survival equipment;

    (6) If the flight involves extended overwater operation, ditching 

procedures and the use of required flotation equipment;

    (7) If the flight involves operations above 12,000 feet MSL, the 

normal and emergency use of oxygen; and

    (8) Location and operation of fire extinguishers.

    (b) Before each takeoff the pilot in command shall ensure that each 

person who may need the assistance of another person to move 

expeditiously to an exit if an emergency occurs and that person's 

attendant, if any, has received a briefing as to the procedures to be 

followed if an evacuation occurs. This paragraph does not apply to a 

person who has been given a briefing before a previous leg of a flight 

in the same aircraft.

    (c) The oral briefing required by paragraph (a) of this section 

shall be given by the pilot in command or a crewmember.

    (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (c) of this section, 

for aircraft certificated to carry 19 passengers or less, the oral 

briefing required by paragraph (a) of this section shall be given by the 

pilot in command, a crewmember, or other qualified person designated by 

the certificate holder and approved by the Administrator.



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    (e) The oral briefing required by paragraph (a) of this section must 

be supplemented by printed cards which must be carried in the aircraft 

in locations convenient for the use of each passenger. The cards must--

    (1) Be appropriate for the aircraft on which they are to be used;

    (2) Contain a diagram of, and method of operating, the emergency 

exits;

    (3) Contain other instructions necessary for the use of emergency 

equipment on board the aircraft; and

    (4) No later than June 12, 2005, for scheduled Commuter passenger-

carrying flights, include the sentence, ``Final assembly of this 

aircraft was completed in [INSERT NAME OF COUNTRY].''

    (f) The briefing required by paragraph (a) may be delivered by means 

of an approved recording playback device that is audible to each 

passenger under normal noise levels.



[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as amended by Amdt. 135-9, 

51 FR 40709, Nov. 7, 1986; Amdt. 135-25, 53 FR 12362, Apr. 13, 1988; 

Amdt. 135-44, 57 FR 42675, Sept. 15, 1992; 57 FR 43776, Sept. 22, 1992; 

69 FR 39294, June 29, 2004]