Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 121.585

(vi) Experiments on, or testing of,
cargo containers or cargo handling devices;
(vii) The operation of special equipment 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 coordinator, 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 unless - 
(1) Each person has unobstructed access from his seat to the pilot compartment 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 position to interfere with the flight crewmembers performing their duties.
(c) Before each takeoff, each certificate holder operating an airplane carrying 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 operations, the location of life rafts, and
the location and operation of life preservers 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 carriage of such persons into the certificate holder-s operations manual.
(e) The pilot in command may authorize 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]

Section 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 procedure 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 duress, and;
(b) After the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section have been satisfactorily accomplished, the crewmember in charge on the flightdeck authorizes the door to be unlocked and
open.
[Amdt. 121-334, 72 FR 45635, Aug. 15, 2007]

Section 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 suitability of each person it permits to occupy an exit seat, in accordance with

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