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§ 121.585 

(vi) Experiments on, or testing of, 

cargo containers or cargo handling de-
vices; 

(vii) The operation of special equip-

ment for loading or unloading cargo; 
and 

(viii) The loading or unloading of 

outsize cargo. 

(5) A person described in paragraph 

(a)(4) of this section, when traveling to 
or from his assignment. 

(6) A person performing duty as an 

honor guard accompanying a shipment 
made by or under the authority of the 
United States. 

(7) A military courier, military route 

supervisor, military cargo contract co-
ordinator, or a flight crewmember of 
another military cargo contract air 
carrier or commercial operator, carried 
by a military cargo contract air carrier 
or commercial operator in operations 
under a military cargo contract, if that 
carriage is specifically authorized by 
the appropriate armed forces. 

(8) A dependent of an employee of the 

certificate holder when traveling with 
the employee on company business to 
or from outlying stations not served by 
adequate regular passenger flights. 

(b) No certificate holder may operate 

an airplane carrying a person covered 
by paragraph (a) of this section un-
less— 

(1) Each person has unobstructed ac-

cess from his seat to the pilot compart-
ment or to a regular or emergency exit; 

(2) The pilot in command has a 

means of notifying each person when 
smoking is prohibited and when safety 
belts must be fastened; and 

(3) The airplane has an approved seat 

with an approved safety belt for each 
person. The seat must be located so 
that the occupant is not in any posi-
tion to interfere with the flight crew-
members performing their duties. 

(c) Before each takeoff, each certifi-

cate holder operating an airplane car-
rying persons covered by paragraph (a) 
of this section shall ensure that all 
such persons have been orally briefed 
by the appropriate crewmember on— 

(1) Smoking; 
(2) The use of seat belts; 
(3) The location and operation of 

emergency exits; 

(4) The use of oxygen and emergency 

oxygen equipment; and 

(5) For extended overwater oper-

ations, the location of life rafts, and 
the location and operation of life pre-
servers including a demonstration of 
the method of donning and inflating a 
life preserver. 

(d) Each certificate holder operating 

an airplane carrying persons covered 
by paragraph (a) of this section shall 
incorporate procedures for the safe car-
riage of such persons into the certifi-
cate holder’s operations manual. 

(e) The pilot in command may au-

thorize a person covered by paragraph 
(a) of this section to be admitted to the 
crew compartment of the airplane. 

[Doc. No. 10580, 35 FR 14612, Sept. 18, 1970, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–96, 37 FR 19608, Sept. 
21, 1972; Amdt. 121–159, 45 FR 41594, June 19, 
1980; Amdt. 121–232, 57 FR 48663, Oct. 27, 1992; 
Amdt. 121–251, 60 FR 65935, Dec. 20, 1995; 
Amdt. 121–253, 61 FR 2614, Jan. 26, 1996; Amdt. 
121–298, 68 FR 41217, July 10, 2003; Amdt. 121– 
357, 77 FR 403, Jan. 4, 2012; Amdt. 121–373, 80 
FR 58586, Sept. 30, 2015] 

§ 121.584

Requirement to view the 

area outside the flightdeck door. 

From the time the airplane moves in 

order to initiate a flight segment 
through the end of that flight segment, 
no person may unlock or open the 
flightdeck door unless: 

(a) A person authorized to be on the 

flightdeck uses an approved audio pro-
cedure and an approved visual device to 
verify that: 

(1) The area outside the flightdeck 

door is secure, and; 

(2) If someone outside the flightdeck 

is seeking to have the flightdeck door 
opened, that person is not under du-
ress, and; 

(b) After the requirements of para-

graph (a) of this section have been sat-
isfactorily accomplished, the crew-
member in charge on the flightdeck au-
thorizes the door to be unlocked and 
open. 

[Amdt. 121–334, 72 FR 45635, Aug. 15, 2007] 

§ 121.585

Exit seating. 

(a)(1) Each certificate holder shall 

determine, to the extent necessary to 
perform the applicable functions of 
paragraph (d) of this section, the suit-
ability of each person it permits to oc-
cupy an exit seat, in accordance with 

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