[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: 14CFR135.127]



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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. 135.127  Passenger information requirements and smoking prohibitions.



    (a) No person may conduct a scheduled flight on which smoking is 

prohibited by part 252 of this title unless the ``No Smoking'' passenger 

information signs are lighted during the entire flight, or one or more 

``No Smoking'' placards meeting the requirements of Sec. 25.1541 of 

this chapter are posted during the entire flight. If both the lighted 

signs and the placards are used, the signs must remain lighted during 

the entire flight segment.

    (b) No person may smoke while a ``No Smoking'' sign is lighted or 

while ``No Smoking'' placards are posted, except as follows:

    (1) On-demand operations. The pilot in command of an aircraft 

engaged in an on-demand operation may authorize smoking on the flight 

deck (if it is physically separated from any passenger compartment), 

except in any of the following situations:

    (i) During aircraft movement on the surface or during takeoff or 

landing;

    (ii) During scheduled passenger-carrying public charter operations 

conducted under part 380 of this title;

    (iii) During on-demand operations conducted interstate that meet 

paragraph (2) of the definition ``On-demand operation'' in Sec. 119.3 

of this chapter, unless permitted under paragraph (b)(2) of this 

section; or

    (iv) During any operation where smoking is prohibited by part 252 of 

this title or by international agreement.

    (2) Certain intrastate commuter operations and certain intrastate 

on-demand operations. Except during aircraft movement on the surface or 

during takeoff or landing, a pilot in command of an aircraft engaged in 

a commuter operation or an on-demand operation that meets paragraph (2) 

of the definition of ``On-demand operation'' in Sec. 119.3 of this 

chapter may authorize smoking on the flight deck (if it is physically 

separated from the passenger compartment, if any) if--

    (i) Smoking on the flight deck is not otherwise prohibited by part 

252 of this title;

    (ii) The flight is conducted entirely within the same State of the 

United States (a flight from one place in Hawaii to another place in 

Hawaii through the airspace over a place outside Hawaii is not entirely 

within the same State); and

    (iii) The aircraft is either not turbojet-powered or the aircraft is 

not capable of carrying at least 30 passengers.

    (c) No person may smoke in any aircraft lavatory.

    (d) No person may operate an aircraft with a lavatory equipped with 

a smoke detector unless there is in that lavatory a sign or placard 

which reads: ``Federal law provides for a penalty of up to $2,000 for 

tampering with the smoke detector installed in this lavatory.''

    (e) No person may tamper with, disable, or destroy any smoke 

detector installed in any aircraft lavatory.

    (f) On flight segments other than those described in paragraph (a) 

of this section, the ``No Smoking'' sign required by Sec. 135.177(a)(3) 

of this part must be turned on during any movement of the aircraft on 

the surface, for each takeoff or landing, and at any other time 

considered necessary by the pilot in command.

    (g) The passenger information requirements prescribed in Sec. 

91.517 (b) and (d) of this chapter are in addition to the requirements 

prescribed in this section.

    (h) Each passenger shall comply with instructions given him or her 

by crewmembers regarding compliance with paragraphs (b), (c), and (e) of 

this section.



[Doc. No. 25590, 55 FR 8367, Mar. 7, 1990, as amended by Amdt. 135-35, 

55 FR 20135, May 15, 1990; Amdt. 135-44, 57 FR 42675, Sept. 15, 1992; 

Amdt. 135-60, 61 FR 2616, Jan. 26, 1996; Amdt. 135-76, 65 FR 36780, June 

9, 2000]



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