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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 121.585 

a passenger occupying an exit seat may 
use if called upon to perform the fol-
lowing functions: 

(1) Locate the emergency exit; 
(2) Recognize the emergency exit 

opening mechanism; 

(3) Comprehend the instructions for 

operating the emergency exit; 

(4) Operate the emergency exit; 
(5) Assess whether opening the emer-

gency exit will increase the hazards to 
which passengers may be exposed; 

(6) Follow oral directions and hand 

signals given by a crewmember; 

(7) Stow or secure the emergency exit 

door so that it will not impede use of 
the exit; 

(8) Assess the condition of an escape 

slide, activate the slide, and stabilize 
the slide after deployment to assist 
others in getting off the slide; 

(9) Pass expeditiously through the 

emergency exit; and 

(10) Assess, select, and follow a safe 

path away from the emergency exit. 

(e) Each certificate holder shall in-

clude on passenger information cards, 
at each exit seat— 

(1) In the primary language in which 

emergency commands are given by the 
crew, the selection criteria set forth in 
paragraph (b) of this section, and a re-
quest that a passenger identify himself 
or herself to allow reseating if he or 
she: 

(i) Cannot meet the selection criteria 

set forth in paragraph (b) of this sec-
tion; 

(ii) Has a nondiscernible condition 

that will prevent him or her from per-
forming the applicable functions listed 
in paragraph (d) of this section; 

(iii) May suffer bodily harm as the re-

sult of performing one or more of those 
functions; or 

(iv) Does not wish to perform those 

functions; and 

(2) In each language used by the cer-

tificate holder for passenger informa-
tion cards, a request that a passenger 
identify himself or herself to allow re-
seating if he or she lacks the ability to 
read, speak, or understand the lan-
guage or the graphic form in which in-
structions required by this section and 
related to emergency evacuation are 
provided by the certificate holder, or 
the ability to understand the specified 

language in which crew commands will 
be given in an emergency. 

(3) May suffer bodily harm as the re-

sult of performing one or more of those 
functions; or, 

(4) Does not wish to perform those 

functions. A certificate holder shall 
not require the passenger to disclose 
his or her reason for needing reseating. 

(f) Each certificate holder shall make 

available for inspection by the public 
at all passenger loading gates and tick-
et counters at each airport where it 
conducts passenger operations, written 
procedures established for making de-
terminations in regard to exit row 
seating. 

(g) No certificate holder may allow 

taxi or pushback unless at least one re-
quired crewmember has verified that 
no exit seat is occupied by a person the 
crewmember determines is likely to be 
unable to perform the applicable func-
tions listed in paragraph (d) of this sec-
tion. 

(h) Each certificate holder shall in-

clude in its passenger briefings a ref-
erence to the passenger information 
cards, required by paragraphs (d) and 
(e), the selection criteria set forth in 
paragraph (b), and the functions to be 
performed, set forth in paragraph (d) of 
this section. 

(i) Each certificate holder shall in-

clude in its passenger briefings a re-
quest that a passenger identify himself 
or herself to allow reseating if he or 
she— 

(1) Cannot meet the selection criteria 

set forth in paragraph (b) of this sec-
tion; 

(2) Has a nondiscernible condition 

that will prevent him or her from per-
forming the applicable functions listed 
in paragraph (d) of this section; 

(3) May suffer bodily harm as the re-

sult of performing one or more of those 
functions listed in paragraph (d) of this 
section; or, 

(4) Does not wish to perform those 

functions listed in paragraph (d) of this 
section. A certificate holder shall not 
require the passenger to disclose his or 
her reason for needing reseating. 

(j) [Reserved] 
(k) In the event a certificate holder 

determines in accordance with this sec-
tion that it is likely that a passenger 

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