Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 121.550

or other departments that are not directly related to flight operations, unless they are eligible under paragraph
(a)(4) of this section.
(c) No person may admit any person
to the flight deck unless there is a seat
available for his use in the passenger
compartment, except - 
(1) An FAA air carrier inspector, a
DOD commercial air carrier evaluator,
or authorized representative of the Administrator or National Transportation Safety Board who is checking or
observing flight operations;
(2) An air traffic controller who is authorized by the Administrator to observe ATC procedures;
(3) A certificated airman employed
by the certificate holder whose duties
require an airman certificate;
(4) A certificated airman employed
by another part 119 certificate holder
whose duties with that part 119 certificate holder require an airman certificate and who is authorized by the part
119 certificate holder operating the aircraft to make specific trips over a
route;
(5) An employee of the part 119 certificate holder operating the aircraft
whose duty is directly related to the
conduct or planning of flight operations or the in-flight monitoring of
aircraft equipment or operating procedures, if his presence on the flightdeck
is necessary to perform his duties and
he has been authorized in writing by a
responsible supervisor, listed in the Operations Manual as having that authority; and
(6) A technical representative of the
manufacturer of the aircraft or its
components whose duties are directly
related to the in-flight monitoring of
aircraft equipment or operating procedures, if his presence on the flightdeck
is necessary to perform his duties and
he has been authorized in writing by
the Administrator and by a responsible
supervisor of the operations department of the part 119 certificate holder,
listed in the Operations Manual as having that authority.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19220, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Doc. No. 8084, 32 FR 5769, Apr. 11,
1967; Amdt. 121-253, 61 FR 2613, Jan. 26, 1996;
Amdt. 121-288, 67 FR 2127, Jan. 15, 2002; Amdt.
121-298, 68 FR 41217, July 10, 2003]

Section 121.548 Aviation safety inspector-s
credentials: Admission to pilot-s
compartment.
Whenever, in performing the duties
of conducting an inspection, an inspector of the Federal Aviation Administration presents form FAA 110A,
 - Aviation Safety Inspector-s Credential, -  to the pilot in command of an
aircraft operated by a certificate holder, the inspector must be given free and
uninterrupted access to the pilot-s
compartment of that aircraft.
[Doc. No. 28154, 61 FR 2613, Jan. 26, 1996]

Section 121.548a DOD Commercial Air Carrier Evaluator-s Credential.
Whenever, in performing the duties
of conducting an evaluation, a DOD
commercial air carrier evaluator presents SSectionA Form 110B,  - DOD Commercial Air Carrier Evaluator-s Credential, -  to the pilot in command of an
airplane operated by the certificate
holder, the evaluator must be given
free and uninterrupted access to the pilot-s compartment of that airplane.
[Doc. No. FAA-2003-15571, 68 FR 41217, July
10, 2003]

Section 121.549

Flying equipment.

(a) The pilot in command shall ensure that appropriate aeronautical
charts containing adequate information concerning navigation aids and instrument approach procedures are
aboard the aircraft for each flight.
(b) Each crewmember shall, on each
flight, have readily available for his
use a flashlight that is in good working
order.
Section 121.550 Secret Service Agents: Admission to flight deck.
Whenever an Agent of the Secret
Service who is assigned the duty of
protecting a person aboard an aircraft
operated by a certificate holder considers it necessary in the performance
of his duty to ride on the flight deck of
the aircraft, he must, upon request and
presentation of his Secret Service credentials to the pilot in command of the
aircraft, be admitted to the flight deck

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